Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

appertain \ap-er-TEYN\, verb:
  • To belong as a part, right, possession or attribute.
Appertain stems from the Old French word apertenir which meant "to belong." The prefix ap- is a variation of the prefix ad- which means "toward."
 
and what
  • Short for 'And what are you going to do about it'
ME: i don't like you
Stupid head: and what?
ME: and ... you better back off before your nose and your eyes become one of the same

History
  • Toronto: Canada's largest city, and one of the most livable cities in the world, was incorporated (1834)
  • the Alamo: fort was overrun by Mexican troops during the Texas revolution; all inside were killed (1836)
  • La Traviata: Verdi's opera premiered in Venice (1853)
  • Dred Scott case (1857): US Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens; the decision was overturned a decade later by the 14th amendment
Birthdays
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti 1475
  • Cyrano De Bergerac 1619
  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806
  • Furry Lewis 1893
  • Bob Wills 1905
  • Lou Costello 1906
  • Ed McMahon 1923
  • Alan Greenspan 1926 - Federal Reserve chairman, possible zombie
  • Wes Montgomery 1927
  • Leroy Gordon ‘Gordo’ Cooper 1927
  • Gabriel Garcia-Marquez 1928 - Author ("Love in the Time of Cholera")
  • Lorin Maazel 1930
  • Marion Barry 1936
  • Sylvia Robinson 1936
  • Doug Dillard 1937
  • Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolaeva 1937
  • Joanna Miles 1940
  • Willie Stargell 1941
  • Ben Murphy 1942
  • Mary Wilson 1944 - Singer (Supremes)
  • Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1944
  • Rob Reiner 1945
  • Hugh Grundy 1945 - Musician (The Zombies)
  • Kiki Dee 1947
  • Dick Fosbury 1947
  • David Gimour 1947 - Musician (Pink Floyd)
  • Tom Arnold 1959 - Actor
  • Skip Ewing 1964
  • D.L. Hughley 1964 - Actor ("The Hughleys")
  • Connie Britton 1968 - Actress
  • Moira Kelly 1968 - Actress ("Caroline in the City")
  • Amy Pietz 1969
  • Shaquille O'Neal 1972 - Basketball player
  • Chris Tomson 1984 - Musician (Vampire Weekend)

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