Monday, October 29, 2018

Monday, October 29, 2018

assoil \uh-SOIL\, verb:
  1. To absolve; acquit; pardon.
  2. To atone for.
Assoil is derived from the same root as the similar word absolve. However, assoil came into English through the Middle French word asoiler rather than directly from Latin like the word absolve. 
 
Garbivore 
  • A fourth classification of animal in the food chain behind Carnivore, Herbivore and Omnivore that eats only garbage.
Every time I put my garbage outside in the garbage can, my dog knocks the can over to eat the garbage inside. I never see him eat anything but the garbage, he must be a Garbivore.
 
History 
  • Republic of Turkey: was established when forces led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, "the father of modern Turkey," wrested control from the Ottoman Empire (1923)
  • Black Tuesday: the US stock market crashed and the Great Depression began (1929)
  • Star of India: giant star sapphire was stolen, along with other fabulous gems, from the American Museum of Natural History (1964)
  • NOW: the women's organization was founded (1966)
  • Internet: the first host-to-host connection was made on the ARPA Net between UCLA and SRI in California (1969)
  • John Glenn: the first American in orbit took flight aboard the Discovery shuttle, becoming, at 77, the oldest person to visit space (1998)
    "Super Storm Sandy" hit New York, leaving over 90% of Long Island without power. (2012)
Birthdays
  • Daniel Emmett 1815
  • Fanny Brice 1891
  • Douglas Montgomery 1891
  • Akim Tamiroff 1899
  • William Juzda 1920
  • Bill Mauldin 1921
  • Neal Hefti 1922
  • Zoot (John Haley) Sims 1925
  • Jon Vickers 1926
  • Sonny Osbourne (Osborne Brothers) 1937
  • Lee Clayton 1942
  • Bob Ross 1942 (Painter)
  • Denny Laine (Moody Blues, Wings) 1944
  • Melba Moore 1945
  • Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) 1946 
  • Richard Dreyfuss 1947
  • Kate Jackson 1948
  • Ed Dyck 1950
  • imagebam.comDenis Potvin 1953
  • Steve Kellough (Wild Horses) 1957
  • Randy Jackson (Jackson Five) 1961
  • Peter Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) 1965
  • Paris 1967
  • Joely Fisher 1967
  • SA (311) 1970
  • Toby Smith (Jamiroquai) 1970
  • Winona Ryder 1971
  • Tracee Ellis Ross 1972
  • Trevor Lissauer 1973
  • Brendan Fehr 1977
  • Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (aka Tove Lo) (singer)1987 
  
 

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