Saturday, December 9, 2017

bough \bou\, noun:

• A branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.

Bough can be traced back to the Sanskrit word bāhu, meaning “shoulder.”

 

like the palm of his hand

• Used in place of the expression, "knows it like the the back of his hand", implying one having an intimate relationship with the palm of their hand.

Marty knows these back country roads like the palm of his hand.

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")