Saturday, June 25, 2022

Saturday, June 25, 2022

cakewalk \KEYK-wawk\, noun:
1. Something easily accomplished.
2. A 19th-century African-American tradition in which walkers performing the most accomplished or amusing steps won cakes as prizes.
3. The music that accompanies such a competition.
The origin of cakewalk lies in the 19th century African-American tradition where a cake was given as a prize for the fanciest steps in a procession. The phrases "piece of cake" and "take the cake" may derive from the cakewalk.
 
wallet threat
  • is the reluctant act of pulling ones wallet out as a sign of willingness to pay for a meal you assumed was a treat.
"Mike, put that thing away, dinner is on me tonight."
"But it's so expensive."
"Dude, seriously, chill out with the wallet threat.

History
  • Battle of Little Bighorn: Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his men were killed by Indians in what became known as "Custer's Last Stand" (1876)
  • Douglas Hyde: became the first president of Ireland (1938)
  • Korean War: broke out when the communist North invaded the South (1950)
  • Yugoslavia: former republics Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence (1991)
  • Mir space station: was struck by an unmanned Progress spacecraft (1997)
  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Teheran mayor was elected president of Iran (2005)
  • Michael Jackson: the "King of Pop" died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication after suffering cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles. (2009)
Birthdays
  • Rosie O'Neill 1874
  • Henry "Hap" Arnold 1886
  • George Abbott 1887
  • Lord Louis Mountbatten (Burma) 1900
  • Anne Revere 1903
  • George Orwell 1903
  • Peter Lind Hayes 1915
  • Johnny Smith 1922
  • Dorothy Gilman 1923
  • Sidney Lumet 1924
  • June Lockhart 1925
  • Eddie Floyd (Falcons) 1935
  • Barbara Montgomery 1939
  • Clint Warwick (The Moody Blues) 1940
  • Willis Reed 1942
  • Carly Simon 1945
  • Ian McDonald (Foreigner) 1946
  • Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult) 1946
  • Jimmy Walker 1947
  • Michael Lembeck 1948
  • Phyllis George 1949
  • Tim Finn (Split Enz) 1952
  • David Paich (Toto) 1954
  • George Michael 1963
  • Dikembe Mutombo 1966
  • Richie Rich 1967
  • Candyman 1968
  • Sean Kelly (Sixpence None the Richer) 1971
  • Michael Kroeger (Michael Douglas Henry Kroeger ) 1972 - Bass player (Nickelback)
  • Carlos Delgado 1972
  • Mario Calire (Wallflowers) 1974
  • Albert Costa 1975
  • Linda Cardellini 1975


 
 
 

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