celerity \suh-LAIR-uh-tee\, noun:
- Rapidity of motion or action; quickness; swiftness.
Celerity is from Latin celeritas, from celer, "swift." It is related to accelerate.
pisshap
- A mishap generally involving the mass consumption of alcohol and a misdirection of urine to an area other than the toilet. This usually occurs as the result of an alcoholic stupor. Can also apply to any other misadventure in some way linked to piss.
Man, Mark was so wasted at his birthday party last weekend that he woke up in the middle of the night and peed all over his computer. It was quite the pisshap.
History
- Social Security Act: was signed into law by US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, establishing pensions and unemployment insurance (1935)
- V-J Day: Japan surrendered, ending World War II (1945)
- Pakistan: southern Asia country became independent of Britain (1947)
- Ilich Ramírez Sánchez: the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal" was captured (1994)
- Northeast Blackout of 2003: 50 million people — one-third the population of Canada plus one-seventh the population of the US — lost electricity (2003)
Birthdays
- Ernest Thayer 1863
- John Galsworthy 1867
- Russell Baker 1925
- Buddy Greco 1926
- Alice Ghostly 1926
- John Brodie 1935
- Dash Crofts (Seals and Crofts) 1940
- David Crosby 1941
- Connie Smith 1941
- Robyn Smith Astaire 1944
- Steve Martin 1945
- Antonio Fargas 1946
- Susan St. James 1946
- Larry Graham (Sly and the Family Stone) 1946
- Danielle Steel 1947
- Gary Larson 1950 - Creator of "The Far Side"
- Terry Adams (NRBQ) 1950
- Debbie Meyer 1952
- James Horner 1953
- Jackee Harry 1956
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson (NBA) 1959
- Susan Olsen 1961
- Emanuelle Beart 1965
- Halle Berry 1968
- Catherine Bell 1968
- Mila Kunis 1983







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