Thursday, September 04, 2014

Thursday, September 4, 2014

aglet \ AG-lit \ , noun; 
  1. a metal tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace. 
  2. (in the 16th and 17th centuries) an ornament at the end of a point or other ribbon used to secure a garment.
  3. aiguillette (def. 1). 
Origin: Aglet is derived from the Middle French word aiguille meaning "needle."
interneuter
  • Loosing your connection to the internet
Johnny was interneutered suddenly by his cable company which left him feeling much like his cat who was neutered a few days ago.

History
  • Roman Empire: came to an end — or at least the Western part did — when emperor Romulus Augustus was deposed (476)
  • Los Angeles: the US's No. 2 city, the City of Angels, was founded by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve (1781)
  • Geronimo: Apache chief became the last Native American warrior to surrender to US troops (1886)
  • Edsel: the most famous American automotive design that was reviled by the public despite having all the qualities that testing found that they wanted, was introduced by Ford; it was named for Henry Ford's son, Edsel (1957)
  • Mark Spitz: swimmer won his seventh gold medal (1972); this record for the most golds at a single Olympics stood until it was broken by Michael Phelps in August 2008
  • Google: the Internet's foremost search engine was introduced by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (1998)
Birthdays
  • Anton Bruckner 1824
  • Daniel Burnham 1846
  • Richard Wright 1908
  • Henry Ford II 1917
  • Paul Harvey 1918
  • Howard Morris 1919
  • Craig Claiborne 1920
  • Dick York 1928
  • Mitzi Gaynor 1931
  • Dawn Fraser 1937
  • Leonard Frey 1939
  • Ken Harrelson 1941
  • Raymond Floyd 1942
  • Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) 1942
  • Jennifer Salt 1944
  • Gene Parsons (The Byrds) 1944
  • Gary Duncan (Quicksilver Messenger Service) 1946
    Michael Berryman 1948
  • Tom Watson 1949
  • Ronald LaPread (Commodores) 1950
  • Judith Ivey 1951
  • Martin Chambers (Pretenders) 1951
  • Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs 1953
  • Khandi Alexander 1960
  • Damon Wayans 1960
  • Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) 1960
  • Mike Piazza 1968
  • Ione Skye 1971
  • Ty Longley (Great White) 1971
  • Donny Ponce 1972
  • JeLana LaFleur (Quad City DJ's) 1973
  • Stacy Sanches (playmate) 1973
  • Wes Bentley 1978
  • Dan Miller (O-Town) 1980
  • Beyoncé Knowles (Destiny's Child) 1981
    Whitney Cummings (comedian) 1982 


 

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