Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

versicolor \VUR-si-kuhl-er\, adjective:
  1. Changeable in color: versicolor skies.
  2. Of various colors; parti-colored: a versicolor flower arrangement.
Versicolor comes from the Latin roots vers meaning "to turn" and color. It entered English in the 1620s. 

pocket veto 

  • The act of taking no act, most often used as a passive aggressive response to undesirable advances. Easiest way to "respond" to a written request to have lunch or just-go-do-something. Neither "yes" nor "no," but really "no."
Hey, you know I think you're pretty cool and all. I was wondering if you weren't doing anything this weekend if you wanna catch a movie or something...
Sincerely,
Vulnerable Girl
-Pocket vetoed. 10 years later- Still no response.-


History
  • Brutus: committed suicide after losing to Mark Anthony and Octavian in the Second Battle of Philippi, a war fought to avenge the assassination of Julius Caesar (42 BCE)
  • War of Jenkins' Ear: British PM Robert Walpole reluctantly declared war on Spain after a ship's captain brought in his ear, pickled, and told the House of Commons it had been severed by the Spanish coast guard (1739)
  • suffragists: some 25,000 women marched in NYC, demanding the right to vote (1915)
  • Hungarian Revolution: spontaneous protest began, marking the first anti-Soviet revolt; many thousands were killed or fled; the Hungarian Republic was declared exactly 33 years later (1956)
  • iPod: digital music player was launched by Apple (2001)
  • Moscow Theater Crisis: Chechen terrorists took 700 hostages; many died during a Russian raid the next day (2002)
Birthdays
  • Nicolas Appert 1752
  • Gertrude Ederle 1906
  • 'Bruiser' (Frank) Kinard 1914
  • James Daly 1918
  • Ewel Blackwell 1922
  • Ned Rorem 1923
  • Johnny Carson 1925
  • Sonny Criss 1927
  • Boozoo Chavis 1930
  • Diana Dors 1931
  • Jim Bunning 1931
  • Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez 1935
  • Charlie Foxx 1939
  • Pelé 1940
  • Eleanor (Ellie) Greenwich 1940
  • Michael Crichton 1942
  • Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups) 1943
  • Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth) 1947
  • Michael Rupert 1951
  • Pauline Black (Selecter) 1953
  • Dwight Yoakam 1956
  • Sam Raimi 1959
  • "Weird Al" Yankovic 1959
  • Doug Flutie 1962
  • Mike Tomczak (NFL) 1962
  • Roberto Agustin Trujillo 1964 - Musician (Metallica)
  • Al Leiter 1965
  • David Thomas (Take 6) 1966
  • Brian Nevin (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) 1966
  • Junior Bryant (Ricochet) 1968
  • Jimmy Wayne 1972
  • Keith Van Horn 1975
  • Ryan Reynolds 1976
  • Masiela Lusha 1985
  • Jessica Stroup 1986
  • Belle Delphine 1999 (cosplayer)

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