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MAY THE FOURTH
iatrogenic \ahy-a-truh-JEN-ik\, adjective:
- A malady induced inadvertently by a physician or surgeon or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedures.
Iatrogenic stems from the Greek iatros, physician.
unsult
- An insult disguised as a compliment, originating from The Simpons episode Father Knows Worst. The disguise can be very obvious or very subtle.
Holiday
- Star Wars Day aka May The Fourth - Get it? May 4th? May the Fourth? May the Force be with you!
- Manhattan: Dutch colonist Peter Minuit landed on the island; he later bought it for $24 in trade goods (1626)
- Rhode Island: declared its independence from England, becoming one of the original Thirteen Colonies (1776)
- Al Capone: after many arrests, the crime boss known as Scarface was finally jailed for tax evasion (1932)
- Grammys: were first awarded (1959)
- Freedom Riders: students joined members of CORE to ride from Washington, DC, across the south toward New Orleans, protesting racial segregation on public interstate buses (1961)
- Kent State: four university students were killed and nine wounded by members of the Ohio National Guard, who were quashing a campus protest against the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War (1970)
- Sir Thomas Lawrence 1769
- Horace Mann 1796 - Educator, father of public education in the U.S., author
- Joseph Whitaker 1820
- Thomas Huxley 1825
- John Hanning Speke 1827
- Um Kalthum 1904
- Howard DaSilva (Silverblatt) 1909 - Actor ("The Lost Weekend", "The Great Gatsby")
- Heloise 1919
- Ed "Cass" Cassidy 1923 - Musician (New Jazz Trio, Taj Mahal, Spirit)
- Betsy Rawls 1928 - Golfer
- Hosni Mubarak 1928 - Egyptian president
- Maynard Ferguson 1928 - Jazz trumpeter, bandleader
- Audrey Hepburn (Edda Kathleen Hepburn van Heemstra) 1929 - Actress ("Monte Carlo Baby", "Breakfast at Tiffany's")
- Roberta Peters 1930 - Opera singer
- Harlon Hill 1932 - Football player
- El Cordobés (Manuel Benítez Pérez) 1936 - Spanish bullfighter
- Dick Dale 1937 - Musician
- Ron Carter 1937 - Jazz bassist
- Tyrone Davis 1938
- George F. Will 1941 - Columnist ("Newsweek"), editor
- David LaFlamme 1941
- Nick Ashford 1942 - Singer, songwriter (Ashford and Simpson)
- Ronnie Bond 1943 - Musician (The Troggs)
- Paul Gleason 1944 - Actor
- Peggy Sanntiglia 1944 - Singer
- Richard Jenkins 1947 - Actor ("The Visitor")
- Stella Parton 1949 - Country singer
- Hilly Hicks 1950 - Actor, minister
- Jackie Jackson 1951 - Singer (The Jackson Five, The Jacksons)
- Oleta Adams 1953 - Singer
- Julie Budd 1954
- Danny Brubeck 1955 - Drummer, Dave Brubeck's son
- Mick Mars 1955 - "Musician" (Motley Crue)
- Pia Zadora 1954 - Actress ("Hairspray"), singer
- Randy Travis (Randy Bruce Traywick) 1959 - Country singer
- Mary McDonough 1961 - Actress ("The Waltons")
- Jay Aston 1961 - Musician (Bucks Fizz)
- Ana Gasteyer 1967 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
- Dawn Staley 1970 - Basketball player
- Will Arnet 1970 - Actor ("Arrested Development")
- Chris Tomlin 1972 - Singer
- Mike Dirnt 1972 - Musician (Green Day)
- Kimora Lee Simmons 1975 - Television personality, fashion designer
- Jose Castellanos 1977 - Musician (Save Ferris)
- Lance Bass 1979 - Singer ('N Sync)
- Alexander Gould 1994 - Actor ("Weeds," "Finding Nemo")
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