Saturday, January 26, 2019

Saturday, January 26, 2019

preconcert \pree-kuhn-SURT\, verb:
  • To arrange in advance or beforehand, as by a previous agreement.
adjective:
  • Preceding a concert: a preconcert reception for sponsors.
Though today concert is most often a noun, it was usually used as a verb in the 1700s typically in the sense of "to bring together" or "to arrange." Preconcert thus meant "to arrange beforehand."
 
Google Girlfriend
  • An imaginary girlfreind whom one would brag about to his friends and use a picture of "said girl" from google.
Richard: Hey guys look at my girlfriend!
Brett: Cool! shes good looking where is she from?
Richard: Google
Brett: So she is a google girlfriend?


History
  • Vicente Yáñez Pinzón discovered Brazil (1500)
  • Rum Rebellion: armed takeover of New South Wales, Australia (1808)
  • Cullinan Diamond: was discovered in the Premier Mine, South Africa; it is the largest gem-quality diamond ever found and the stones that were cut and polished from it are now part of the British crown jewels (1905)
  • Republic Day of India: India's constitution took effect two and a half years after independence (1950)
  • Lotus 1-2-3: the popular spreadsheet software for the IBM PC was released (1983)
  • Phantom of the Opera: opened on Broadway; it is now the longest-running Broadway musical (1988)
Birthdays
  • Douglas MacArthur 1880
  • Stephane Grappelli 1908
  • Cora Baird 1912
  • William Prince 1913
  • James Van Heusen 1913
  • William Hopper 1915
  • Derek Bond 1919
  • Page Cavanaugh (Page Cavanaugh Trio) 1922
  • Anne Jeffreys 1923
  • Paul Newman 1925
  • Joan Leslie 1925
  • Roger Vadim 1928
  • Jules Feiffer 1929
  • Mary Murphy 1931
  • Claude Gray (The Tall Texan) 1932
  • Huey "Piano" Smith 1934
  • Bob Uecker 1935
  • Scott Glenn 1942
  • Jean Knight 1943
  • Angela Davis 1944
  • Gene Siskel 1946
  • David Strathairn 1949
  • David Briggs (The Little River Band) 1951
  • Lucinda Williams 1953 - Singer
  • Eddie Van Halen 1957 - Guitar player (Van Halen)
  • Ellen DeGeneres 1958 - Actress-comedian.
  • Norman Hassan (UB40) 1958 - Musician
  • Tom Keifer 1961 - Musician (Cinderella) 
  • Wayne Gretzky 1961 - Hockey hall-of-famer.
  • Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) 1963
  • Jazzie B. (Soul II Soul) 1963
  • Kirk Franklin 1970
    LeeAnna Vamp 1987


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