aglet \ AG-lit \ , noun;
- a metal tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- (in the 16th and 17th centuries) an ornament at the end of a point or other ribbon used to secure a garment.
- aiguillette (def. 1).
interneuter
- Losing your connection to the internet
Johnny was interneutered suddenly by his cable company which left him feeling much like his cat who was neutered a few days ago.
History
- Los Angeles: the US's No. 2 city, the City of Angels, was founded by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve (1781)
- Geronimo: Apache chief became the last Native American warrior to surrender to US troops (1886)
- Edsel: the most famous American automotive design that was reviled by the public despite having all the qualities that testing found that they wanted, was introduced by Ford; it was named for Henry Ford's son, Edsel (1957)
- Mark Spitz: swimmer won his seventh gold medal (1972); this record for the most golds at a single Olympics stood until it was broken by Michael Phelps in August 2008
- Google: the Internet's foremost search engine was introduced by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (1998)
Birthdays
- Daniel Burnham 1846
- Richard Wright 1908
- Henry Ford II 1917
- Paul Harvey 1918
- Howard Morris 1919
- Craig Claiborne 1920
- Dick York 1928
- Mitzi Gaynor 1931
- Dawn Fraser 1937
- Leonard Frey 1939
- Ken Harrelson 1941
- Raymond Floyd 1942
- Merald "Bubba" Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) 1942
- Jennifer Salt 1944
- Gene Parsons (The Byrds) 1944
- Tom Watson 1949
- Ronald LaPread (Commodores) 1950
- Judith Ivey 1951
- Martin Chambers (Pretenders) 1951
- Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs 1953
- Khandi Alexander 1960
- Damon Wayans 1960
- Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) 1960
- Mike Piazza 1968
- Ione Skye 1971
- Ty Longley (Great White) 1971
- Donny Ponce 1972
- JeLana LaFleur (Quad City DJ's) 1973
- Stacy Sanches (playmate) 1973
- Wes Bentley 1978
- Dan Miller (O-Town) 1980
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