Sunday, October 27, 2019

Sunday, October 27, 2019

snollygoster \SNOL-ee-gos-ter\, noun:
  • Slang. a clever, unscrupulous person.
This American English slang term, which entered English in the mid-1800s, is of unknown origin.


Trivia

Who coined the phrase skim milk?
  • William Shakespeare, in Henry IV. The phrase is used in Part I, Act II, Scene iii, when Hotspur describes a nobleman’s character as nothing more than “a dish of skim milk.”
History 
  • Philadelphia: the City of Brotherly Love was founded (1682)
  • Federalist Papers: the first of a series of essays was published, calling for the ratification of the US Constitution; the essays were written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay (1787)
  • IRT: New York City's first rapid transit subway opened (1904) [Pictured below: The City’s mayor, George McClellan, opens the world-renowned New York City subway system. He actually drove the first passengers, charging them 5¢ to ride a line that, back then, only covered 9.1 miles of track with 28 stations. How things changed…]
  • nylon: chemical company DuPont announced the name of its new synthetic fiber (1938)
  • Wall Street crash: trading was halted for a cooling-off period after the Dow fell more than 500 points (1997)
Bettmann Library
Birthdays
  • James Cook 1728
  • Nicola Paganini 1782
  • Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.) 1858
  • Emily Post 1872
  • Leif Erickson 1911
  • Dylan Thomas 1914
  • Teresa Wright 1918
  • Nanette Fabray 1920
  • Ralph Kiner (MLB) 1922
  • Roy Lichtenstein 1923
  • Ruby Dee 1924
  • Floyd Cramer 1933
  • John Cleese 1939
  • Lara Parker 1942
  • Lee (Melvin) Greenwood 1942
  • Carrie Snodgress 1946
  • Terry Anderson 1947
  • Jack Daniels (Highway 101) 1949
  • Garry Tallent (E Street Band) 1949
  • Fran Lebowitz 1950
  • Jayne Kennedy-Overton 1951
  • Roberto Benigni 1952
  • Peter Firth 1953
  • Robert Picardo 1953
  • Simon LeBon (Duran Duran) 1958
  • Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) 1967 
  • Sean Holland 1968
  • Sheeri Rappaport 1977
  • Kelly Osbourne 1984



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