Thursday, October 4, 2018

hematic \hi-MAT-ik\, adjective:

1. Of or pertaining to blood; hemic.
2. Acting on the blood, as a medicine.

noun:

1. Hematinic.

Hematic was invented in the 1850s. It comes from the Greek word haîma meaning "blood."

 
Voicemail voice

• A more serious, professional tone of voice typically reserved for voicemail greetings. It's often misused in casual, less business-oriented settings.

1. The party was great until Dion started talking to all the girls in his voicemail voice. He always thinks he's so distinguished.

2. When Rachelle start speaking in her voicemail voice I realized she was actually breaking up with me this time.

History

• Gregorian calendar: was proclaimed by Pope Gregory XIII; this date, October 4, was followed immediately by October 15 in Spain, Portugal, Poland and most of Italy (1582)
• US Open golf tournament: was played for the first time; the $150 prize was won by Horace Rawlins (1895)
• Sputnik: the space race began when Russia launched the first man-made satellite into orbit (1957)
• Pope Paul VI: became the first pontiff to visit the US when he addressed the UN General Assembly in New York (1965)
• Hooters, the delightfully tacky yet unrefined restaurant chain came into being (1983)
  

  

  

Birthdays

• Rutherford B. Hayes (U.S.) 1822
• Frederic S. Remington 1861
• Edward L. Stratemeyer 1862
• Damon Runyon 1884
• Buster Keaton 1895
• Frankie Crosetti 1910
• Jan Murray 1917
• Charlton Heston 1924
• Alvin Toffler 1928
• Leroy Van Dyke 1929
• Felicia Farr 1932
• Sam Huff 1934
• Eddie Applegate 1935
• Anne Rice 1941
• Lori Saunders 1941
• Jackie Collins 1941
• Nona Hendryx 1944
• Clifton Davis 1945
• Susan Sarandon 1946
• James Fielder (Buffalo Springfield) 1947
• Armand Assante 1949
• Alan Rosenberg 1950
• Barbara McDonald (Timbuk 3) 1958
• Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys) 1959
• Greg Hubbard (Sawyer Brown) 1960
• Jon Secada 1961
• David W. Harper 1961
• Liev Schreiber 1967
• Alicia Silverstone 1976
• Rachel Leigh Cook 1979
• Jimmy Workmann 1980
• Michael Charles Roman 1987