Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

tittle \TIT-l\, noun:
1. A dot or other small mark in writing or printing, used as a diacritic, punctuation, etc.
2. A very small part or quantity; a particle, jot, or whit
Tittle is the etymological sibling of title, both coming from the Latin titulus, "a mark over a letter or word."
 
cell phone samba
  • the erratic movements of a person trying to get better cell phone service.
The other day, a man ran into me while doing the cell phone samba in the grocery store.
 
History 
  • Margaret Chase Smith: became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress when she was elected US senator from Maine (1948)
  • Attica: the four-day revolt at New York's maximum security prison ended when state police and National Guardsmen stormed the facility; forty-two people died (1971)
  • Super Mario Bros.: best-selling video game of all time was first released, in Japan, by Nintendo (1985) 
    Law & Order: long-running TV police drama series first aired, on NBC (1990)
  • Oslo Accord: historic handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in Washington marks the signing of a secret peace agreement in Oslo (1993)
Birthdays
  • Walter Reed 1851
  • Milton S. Hershey 1857
  • John Pershing 1860
  • Sherwood Anderson 1876
  • J.B. Priestley 1894
  • Claudette Colbert 1905
  • Bill Monroe (The Bluegrass Band) 1911
  • Roald Dahl 1916
  • Dick Haymes 1916
  • Charles Brown 1922
  • Scott Brady 1924
  • Mel Torme 1925
  • Robert Indiana 1928
  • Eileen Fulton 1933
  • Barbara Bain 1934
  • Fred Silverman 1937
  • Judith Martin 1938
  • Richard Kiel 1939
  • David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1941
  • Bela Karolyi 1942
  • Jacqueline Bisset 1944
  • Peter Cetera (Chicago) 1944
  • Nell Carter 1948
  • Don Was 1952
  • Randy Jones (The Village People) 1952
  • Joni Sledge (Sister Sledge) 1956
  • Jean Smart 1959
  • Bobby Cryner 1961
  • Dave Mustaine 1961 - Musician (Megadeth, Metallica)
  • Zak Starkey 1965
  • Michael Johnson 1965
  • Louis Mandylor 1966
  • Steve Perkins (Porno for Pyros) 1967
  • Bernie Williams (MLB) 1968
  • Goran Ivanisevic 1971
  • Aaron Benward (Blue Country) 1973
  • Scott Vickaryous 1975
  • Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flats) 1975
  • Fiona Apple 1977
  • Ben Savage 1980
  • Mitch Holleman 1995
 
 

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