Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

guff \guhff\, noun:
  1. Empty or foolish talk; nonsense.
  2. Insolent talk.
Guff is of unknown origin. It arose in the 1820s in the United States. It may be related to a Norwegian dialectic word gufs meaning "puff of wind." 
 
watch this
  • Something said right before a person does something amazingly stupid.
Hey Peter, watch this!
*jumps off the roof with an umbrella and breaks both legs*



History
  • 1057 - Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan.
  • 1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.
  • 1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company.
  • 1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
  • 1944 - The Allied forces of World War II landed in southern France.
  • 1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
  • 1947 - India became independent from Britain and was divided into the countries of India and Pakistan. India had been under British about 200 years.
  • 1961 - East German workers began construction of the Berlin Wall.
  • 2001 - Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own. They had discovered two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.
Birthdays
  • Napoleon Bonaparte 1769
  • Sir Walter Scott 1771
  • Ethel Barrymore 1879
  • Edna Ferber 1887
  • T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1888
  • Bill Baird 1904
  • Hugo Winterhalter 1909
  • Julia Child 1912
  • Wendy Hiller 1912
  • Huntz Hall 1919
  • Rose-Marie 1923
  • Robert Bolt 1924
  • Phyllis Schlafly 1924
  • Rose Maddox 1925
  • Mike Connors 1925
  • Oscar Peterson 1925
  • Bill Pinkney (The Drifters) 1925
  • Nicolas Roeg 1928
  • Janice Rule 1931
  • Abby Dalton 1932
  • Lori Nelson 1933
  • Bobby Helms 1933
  • Bobby Byrd 1934
  • Jim Dale 1935
  • Vernon Jordan 1935
  • Pat Priest 1936
  • Stephen Breyer 1938
  • Don Rich 1941
  • Pete York (Spencer Davis Group) 1942
  • Linda Ellerbee 1944
  • Jill Haworth 1945
  • Jimmy Webb 1946
  • Tom Johnston 1948 - Musician (Doobie Brothers)
  • Tess Harper 1950
  • Princess Anne (England) 1950
  • Larry Mathews 1955
  • Zeljko Ivanek 1957
  • Matt Johnson (The The) 1961
  • Debi Mazar 1964
  • Angela Rae (Wild Horses) 1966
  • MCA (The Beastie Boys) 1967
  • Debra Messing 1968
  • Anthony Anderson 1970
  • Ben Affleck 1972
  • Michael Graham (Boyzone) 1972
  • Natasha Henstridge 1974
    Jennifer Lawrence 1990
 
 

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