Sunday, November 17, 2019

Sunday, November 17, 2019

obsequy \OB-si-kwee\, noun:
  • a funeral rite or ceremony.
Obsequy comes from the Latin obsequium meaning "compliance, dutiful service." It's been used in English since the late 14th century. 
 
antistalking
  • Methodically learning another person's routine in order to systematically avoid them.
Bradley is antistalking his boss today because he hates the bastard.
 
Trivia
What would you be served if you ordered pastillus botello fartum from a menu written in Latin?
  • A hot dog, according to a modern lexicon published by the Vatican Latin Foundation.
History
  • Elizabeth I: the "Virgin Queen" of England began her 45-year reign, succeeding her half-sister, Queen Mary, and beginning the Elizabethan era (1558)
  • US Congress: held its first Washington session in the partially completed Capitol building (1800)
  • Suez Canal: 100-mile-(160 km.)-long waterway opened, linking the Mediterranean and the Red seas (1869)
  • Heidi bowl: NBC switched from football to Heidi, missing the last 42 seconds of a game when the Raiders came from behind, scoring two touchdowns to beat the Jets, 43-32 (1968)
  • Richard Nixon: declared "I am not a crook" in Orlando, Florida, nine months before resigning over the Watergate scandal (1973)
    STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL aired for the first and last time ever, on CBS (1978)
  • Velvet Revolution: demonstrations began in Czechoslovakia, leading to the fall of the communist government (1989)
Birthdays
  • Louis XVIII (France) 1755
  • Bernard Law Montgomery (Britain) 1887
  • Lee Strasberg 1901
  • Rock Hudson 1925
  • Sir Charles Mackerras 1925
  • Bob Mathias 1930
  • Gordon Lightfoot 1938
  • Gene Clark (Byrds) 1941
  • Martin Scorsese 1942
  • Danny DeVito 1944
  • Lauren Hutton 1944
  • Lorne Michaels 1944
  • Tom Seaver (MLB) 1944
  • Jim Babjak (Smithereens) 1957
  • Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 1958
  • William Moses 1959
  • RuPaul 1960
  • Dylan Walsh 1963
  • Daisy Fuentes 1966 (bottom)
  • Ronnie DeVoe (New Edition, Bell Biv DeVoe) 1967
  • Jeff Allen (Mint Condition) 1968
  • Leslie Bib 1973
  • Brandon Call 1976
  • Rachel McAdams 1978
  • Isaac Hanson (Hanson) 1980
  • Justin Cooper 1988


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