TGIF! Friday, December 9, 2016

farouche \fa-ROOSH\, adjective:

1. Sullenly unsociable or shy.

2. Fierce.

Farouche derives from the Late Latin foasticus, "without, out of doors."

 

geek

• The people you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult

The geeky kid now owns a million dollar software company

History

• American Minerva: New York's first daily newspaper began publication, edited by Noah Webster (1793)
• "Charge of the Light Brigade": Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem was published (1854)
• John Birch Society: was founded under the banner "Less Government, More Responsibility, and With God's Help, A Better World" (1958)
• Coronation Street: longest-running British soap opera first aired (1960)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas: the iconic Peanuts holiday special premiered (1965)

Birthdays

• John Milton 1608
• Clarence Birdseye 1886
• Emmett Kelly 1898
• Margaret Hamilton 1902
• Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 1909
• Kirk Douglas 1916 - Actor
• Redd Foxx 1922
• Dina Merrill 1925
• Dick Van Patten 1928 - Actor ("Eight is Enough")
• Buck Henry 1930 - Actor, writer
• Morton Downey Jr. 1933
• Judi Dench 1934 - Actress
• Junior Wells 1934
• Deacon Jones 1938 - Football player
• Dan Hicks 1941
• Beau Bridges 1941 - Actor
• Dick Butkus (NFL) 1942 - Football player
• Rick Danko (The Band) 1943
• George Baker 1944
• Michael Nouri 1945 - Actor
• Tom Kite 1949 - Golfer
• Joan Armatrading 1950 - Singer
• Michael Dorn 1952 - Actor
• John Malkovich 1953 - Actor
  
• Sylvia 1956 - Singer
• Donny Osmond 1957 - Singer
• Nick Seymour (Crowded House) 1958 - Musician
• Mario Cantone 1949 - Comedian
• Joe Lando 1961 - Actor
• Felicity Huffman 1962 - Actress ("Desperate Housewives")
• Kat Bjelland (Babes In Toyland) 1963
• Jerry Hughes (Yankee Grey) 1965 - Musician
• Thomas Flowers (Oleander) 1967 - Musician
• Brian Bell (Weezer) 1968 - Musician
• Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers) 1969 - Musician
• Brian Hayes 1969 - Musican
• Allison Smith 1969 - Actress
• David Kersh 1970 - Singer

• Kara DioGuardi 1970 - TV personality ("American Idol")
• Tre Cool (Green Day) 1972 - Musician
• Canibus 1974 - Rapper
• Eric Zamora (Save Ferris) 1976 - Musician (saxophonist)
• Imogen Heap 1977 - Singer
• Jesse Metcalfe 1978 - Actress
• Simon Helberg 1980 - Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")