Sunday, August 05, 2018

Sunday, August 5, 2018

nary \NAIR-ee\, adjective:
  • Not any; no; never a.
Nary was common in English in the 1700s as an abbreviation of the phrase "ne'er a" meaning "never a." 
 
Mallard Mouth 
  • Male version of duck face
Why you looking like a Mallard Mouth??

History 
  • federal income tax: was levied for the first time in the US; it aimed to help pay the bills for the Civil War and was rescinded in 1872 (1861)
  • "Damn the torpedoes": famous order was given by Union Admiral David G. Farragut as he led his fleet at Mobile Bay during the Civil War (1864)
  • Little Orphan Annie: Harold Gray's comic strip debuted (1924)
  • Nelson Mandela: South African resistance leader and later president was arrested and jailed; his imprisonment lasted till 1990 (1962)
  • Marilyn Monroe: was found dead after overdosing on sleeping pills (1962)
  • Test Ban Treaty: the US, Britain and the Soviet Union agreed to prohibit nuclear weapon tests underwater, in the atmosphere and in outer space (1963)
Birthdays
  • Guy DeMaupassant 1850
  • Conrad Aiken 1889
  • Andrew Alford 1904
  • John Huston 1906
  • Robert Taylor 1911
  • David Brian 1914
  • Jeri Southern 1926
  • Richie Ginterh 1930
  • Neil A. Armstrong 1930
  • Vern Gosdin 1934
  • Cammie King 1934
  • John Saxon 1935
  • Zakes Mokae 1935
  • Damita Jo 1940
  • Bobby Braddock 1940
  • Rick Huxley (Dave Clark Five) 1942
  • Sammi Smith 1943
  • Jimmy Webb 1946
  • Erika Slezak 1946
  • Loni Anderson 1946
  • Greg Leskiw (Guess Who) 1947
  • Rick Derringer 1947
  • Holly Palance 1950
  • Samantha Sang 1953
  • Maureen McCormick 1956
  • Pat Smear (Foo Fighters) 1959
  • Pete Burns (Dead Or Alive) 1959
  • Mark O'Connor 1961
  • Tawny Kitaen 1961
  • Patrick Ewing 1962
  • Adam Yauch (M.C.A. of the Beastie Boys) 1964
  • Elvis Duran 1964
  • Jonathon Silverman 1966
  • Terri Clark 1968
  • Brendon Ryan Barrett 1986
  • Xenia Tchoumitcheva (model / blogger) 1987 
  • Jessica Nigri (cosplayer) 1989 




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