Sunday, April 7, 2019

wrest \rest\, verb:

1. to take away by force: to wrest a knife from a child.
2. to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
3. to get by effort: to wrest a living from the soil.
4. to twist or turn from the proper course, application, use, meaning, or the like; wrench.

noun:

1. a wresting; twist or wrench.
2. a key or small wrench for tuning stringed musical instruments, as the harp or piano, by turning the pins to which the strings are fastened.

From the Old Norse wreista meaning "to bend, twist," wrest shares its origin with the word wrist.

 

April Reals

• When something so unbelievable happens to you on April Fool's Day that no one you tell will believe you.

person 1: Oh my god, I just pooped in my pants.

person 2: (sarcastically) ha - ha, april fools!

Person 1: Naw dude, its April Reals!

person 2: yeah right! Wait. Why does it smell like poop? 

Trivia

What does an exobiologist study?

• Extraterrestrial life.

History

• World Health Organization: was established by the United Nations (1948)
• domino theory: US President Dwight Eisenhower first articulated the idea that if one country fell to Communism, the surrounding ones would as well (1954)
• Rwandan genocide: 100-day massacre began; more than a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists (1994)
• Mars Odyssey: robotic satellite took off; it continues to orbit the red planet (2001)

Birthdays

• William Woodsworth 1770 - Poet
• William King 1786 - 13th U.S. Vice President
• W.K. Kellogg 1860 - Industrialist in food manufacturing, most known for founding of the Kellogg Company
• Jersey Joe Walcott 1872 - Boxer
• John (Joseph) ‘Mugsy’ McGraw 1873 - Baseball player, baseball commissioner, baseball manager
• Irene Castle 1893 - Ballroom dancer
• Walter Winchell 1897 - Vaudeville performer, journalist, radio commentator
• Percy Faith 1908 - Orchestra leader, composer
• Billie Holiday 1915 - Jazz singer
• R. G. Armstrong 1917 - Actor
• Ralph Flanagan 1919 - Pianist, arranger
• Ravi Shankar 1920 - Musician, sitarist, was George Harrison's sitar teacher
• Mongo (Ramon) Santamaria 1922 - Bandleader, composer, musician
• James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) 1928 - Actor ("Rockford Files", "Maverick")
• Daniel Ellsberg 1931 - Author, known for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
• Cal Smith 1932 - Country singer
• Wayne Rogers 1933 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
• Ian Richardson 1934 - Actor
• Bobby Bare 1935 - Country singer, actor
• Hodding Carter 1935 - Commentator
• Gail Cogdill 1937 - Football player
• Charlie Thomas 1937 - Singer (The Drifters)
• Freddie Hubbard 1938 - Jazz musician
• Spencer Dryden 1938 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
• David Frost 1939 - TV host ("That Was the Week that Was")
• Francis Ford Coppola 1939 - Director
• Mick Abrahams 1943 - Musician (Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull)
• Patricia Bennett 1947 - Singer (The Chiffons)
• Carol Douglas 1948 - Singer
• John Oates 1949 - Songwriter, singer (Hall and Oates)
• Janis Ian 1950 - Singer, songwriter (Fink)
• John Dittrich 1951 - Musician (Restless Heart, The Buffalo Club)
• Bruce Gary 1952 - Musician (The Knack)
• Jackie Chan 1954 - Actor ("Rush Hour", "Rush Hour 2")
• Tony Dorsett 1954 - Football player
• James "Buster" Douglas 1960 - Boxer
• Russell Crowe 1964 - Actor ("A Beautiful Mind," "Gladiator")
• Mark Kibble 1964 - Singer (Take 6)
• Bill Bellamy 1965 - Actor
• Dave "Yorkie" Palmer 1965 - Musician (Space)
• Ronde Barber 1975 - Football player
• Tiki Barber 1975 - Football player