Saturday, November 26, 2022

Saturday, November 26, 2022

bonanza \buh-NAN-zuh\, noun:
1. A source of great and sudden wealth or luck.
2. A rich mass of ore, as found in mining.
Bonanza originates in American mining, from the Spanish bonanza, "a rich lode."
 
Thingsgetting Day
  • The day after Thanksgiving Day, when shoppers flood retail shops for supposed holiday deals. Also known as "Black Friday" and sometimes celebrated as "Buy Nothing Day."
"I was so full of tofurkey, I didn't think I was going to be able to get up early to wait in line at the big box stores on Thingsgetting Day."
 
History
  • Kappa Alpha Society: Union College student society became the first college fraternity in the US (1825)
  • Alice in Wonderland: pseudonymous author Lewis Carroll gave an illustrated manuscript of the tale to the eponymous Alice as an early Christmas gift (1864)
  • King Tut: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were the first to enter the tomb of the boy king since it was sealed in 1323 B.C.E. (1922)
  • Casablanca: film set in wartime Morocco premiered in New York City (1942)
  • The Price is Right: TV's longest running daily game show debuted (1956)
  • Diamant-A: rocket launched France's space program with the Astérix-1 satellite, which blasted off from Hammaguir, Algeria (1965)
    FRAGILE: Groundbreaking album by YES was released (1971)
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Birthdays
  • Eric Severeid 1912
  • Eugene Ionesco 1912
  • Charles M. Schulz 1922
  • Robert Goulet 1933
  • Marian Mercer 1935
  • Rich Little 1938
  • Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) 1938
  • Jean Terrell 1944
  • John McVie (Fleetwood Mac) 1945
  • Art Shell 1946
  • Scott Jacoby 1955
  • Jamie Rose 1959
  • Linda Davis 1962
  • Steve Grisaffe (Road River) 1965
  • Garcelle Beauvais 1966
  • Lorissa McComas 1970
  • Maia Campbell 1976
  • Peter Facinelli 1973 - Actor ("Twilight")
  • Aurora Snow - 1981 t3h pr0n
  • Natasha Bedingfield - 1981


 
 
 
 

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