Wednesday, October 24, 2018

fracas \FREY-kuhs\, noun:

• A noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.

Fracas is derived from the Italian word fracasso meaning "to smash." It entered English in the 1720s. 

 
booty hangers 

• A pair of short shorts that when you wear them your 'booty' 'hangs' out of the bottom.

Girl 1: "Wow! Michelle's booty is coming out of the bottom of her shorts!" 
Girl 2: "Yeah, she always wears booty hangers."

Trivia

Who were the five U.S. presidents with four-letter last names?

• James Polk, William Howard Taft, Gerald R. Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.

History

• Peace of Westphalia: marked the end of the Thirty Years' War, a series of European conflicts (1648)
• Annie Edson Taylor: seeking fame and fortune, the former schoolteacher became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel; she used a pickle barrel (1901)
• George Washington Bridge: upper level of the NY-NJ span opened; the lower level opened 31 years later (1931)
• Fair Labor Standards Act: the 1938 act that established the 40-hour work week in the US went into effect (1940)
• Toronto Blue Jays: became the first non-US team to win the World Series, downing the Atlanta Braves in 6 (1992)

Birthdays

• Sarah J. Hale 1788 - She wrote the poem "Mary Had A Little Lamb."
• Belva Lockwood 1830
• James Sherman 1855
• Molina Trujillo 1891
• Preston Foster 1900
• Moss Hart 1904
• Sonny Terry 1911
• Bob Kane 1915 (creator of Batman)
• Y.A. Tittle (NFL) 1926
• J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) 1930

• Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) 1936 
• Santo Farina 1937
• F. Murray Abraham 1939
• J.P. Richardson 1930
• David Nelson 1936
• Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) 1946
• Kevin Kline 1947
• Kweisi Mfume 1948
• B.D. Wong 1962
• Ben Gillies (Silverchair) 1979
• Monica 1980