Thursday, March 26, 2020

geomancy \JEE-uh-man-see\, noun:

• divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.

Geomancy came to English in the 1300s from the Greek roots meaning "earth" and "divination."

struggle is real

• The hardness and difficulties of every day life being unbearable and apparent.

"Hey dude, I just studied my ass off for this test and got a 60%." 
"Yo, the struggle is real brah..."

 
History

• Popeye: a statue of the spinach-loving cartoon character was erected in Crystal City, Texas (1937)
• Bangladesh: declared independence from Pakistan (1971)
• Camp David Accords: Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement was signed at the White House (1979)
• Mercosur: the Southern Common Market, which joins Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, was established with the Treaty of Asunción (1991)

Birthdays

• Nathaniel Bowditch 1773

  
• Louise Otto 1819
• Edward Bellamy 1850
• A.E. Housman 1859
• Robert Frost 1874
• Duncan Hines 1880
• Al Jolson 1886
• Clarence Stroud 1907 - Actor, father of actor Don Stroud
• Chips Rafferty 1909
• Tennessee Williams 1911
• William C. Westmoreland 1914 - U.S. Army general
• Sterling Hayden 1916
• Rufus Thomas 1917
• Strother Martin 1919
• Joe Loco 1921
• Bob Elliott 1923
• James Clifton Williams 1923
• James Moody 1925 - Jazz saxophonist
• Pierre Boulez 1925 - Conductor, composer
• Maurice Simon 1929
• Sandra Day O'Connor 1930 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
• Leonard Nimoy 1931 - Actor ("Star Trek")
• Alan Arkin 1934 - Actor
• James Caan 1939 - Actor
• Rod Lauren 1940
• Braulio Baeza 1940
• Nancy Pelosi 1940 - U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives / zombie
• Erica Jong 1942 - Author
• Bob Woodard 1943 - Journalist
• Diana Ross 1944 - Singer
• Johnny Crawford 1946 - Actor
• Fred Paris 1946 - Musician (Five Satins)
• Steven Tyler 1948 - Singer (Aerosmith)
• Richard Tandy 1948 - Musician (Electric Light Orchestra)
• Vicki Lawrence 1949 - Singer, actress
• Fran Sheehan 1949 - Musician (Boston)
• Martin Short 1950 - Actor, comedian
• Ronnie McDowell 1950 - Country singer
• Teddy Pendergrass 1950 - Singer
  Brian Bolland 1951 - artist (Judge Dredd)
• Curtis Sliwa 1954
• Dean Dillon 1955 - Country singer
• Charly McClain 1956 - Country singer
• Leeza Gibbons 1957 - TV personality

  
• Marcus Allen 1960 - Football player
• Jennifer Grey 1960 - Actress ("Dirty Dancing")
• Gabriele "Nena" Kerner 1960
• John Stockton 1962 - Basketball player
• Michael Imperioli 1966 - Actor ("The Sopranos")
• Kenny Chesney 1968 - Country singer
• James Iha 1968 - Musician (Smashing Pumpkins)
• Juvenile 1975 - Rapper
• Amy Smart 1976 - Actress
• Keira Knightley 1985 - Actress ("Pirates of the Caribbean") 

  Nina Agdal - 1992