Tuesday, May 23, 2023

longueur \long-GUR\, noun:

• A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical composition, or the like.

Longueur is from French (where it means "length"), ultimately deriving from Latin longus, "long," which is also the source of English long.

 

premarital text

• The act of texting (text messaging) a member of the opposite sex, outside the confines of a relationship, in flirtatious ways, often insinuating the desire for a deeper, intimate relationship.

"That girl that works in the cubicle next to you is really good looking. I would so premarital text her."

 

Holiday

• World Turtle Day - (05/23 annually)

 

History

• Joan of Arc: was captured by the Burgundians who sold her to the English (1430)
• Captain Kidd: was hanged in London for murder and piracy (1701)
• Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: began the first passenger service in the US (1830)
• Mounties: the North West Mounted Police was created; it would later become the federal police force of Canada (1873)
• New York Public Library: after 16 years of construction, the library's main building was dedicated by President William H. Taft (1911)
• Bonnie and Clyde: Depression-era outlaws were ambushed and killed by police in Louisiana (1934)
• West Germany: was reconstituted from post-WWII occupation zones (1949)

Birthdays

• Friedrich Anton Mesmer 1734 - Physician, astrologist
• Margaret Fuller (Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli) 1810 - Journalist, criti, women's rights activist
• Arabella Mansfield 1846 - first female lawyer in the United States
• Douglas Fairbanks 1883 - Actor

  
• Herbert Marshall 1890 - Actor
• Artie Shaw 1910 - Band leader
• Scatman Crothers (Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers) 1910 - Actor, musician, singer, dancer
• John Payne 1912 - Actor, singer
• Betty Garrett 1919 - Actress ("All in the Family," "Laverne and Shirley")
• Helen O'Connell 1920 - Singer, actress, dancer
• Alicia de Larrocha 1923 - Pianist
• Mac Wiseman 1925 - Singer
• Nigel Davenport 1928 - Actor
• Rosemary Clooney 1928 - Singer, actress
• Julian Euell 1929 - Jazz musician
• Barbara Barrie 1931 - Actress
• Joan Collins 1933 - Actress ("Dynasty")
• Robert Moog 1934 - Musician
• Charles Kimbrough 1936 - Actor ("Murphy Brown")
• General Johnson 1943 - Musician (Chairman of the Board)
• Lauren Chapin 1945 - Actress ("Father Knows Best")
• Misty Morgan 1945 - Musician
• Judy Rodman 1951 - County singer
• Anatoly Karpov 1951 - Chess grandmaster
• "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler 1952 - Boxer
• Luka Bloom 1955 - Singer
• Drew Carey 1958 - Actor, game show host
• Shelley West 1958 - Country singer
• Linden Ashby 1960 - Actor
• Karen Duffy 1961 - Actress, model
• Phil Selway 1967 - Musician (Radiohead)
• Noel Gallagher 1968 - Musician (Oasis)
• Laurel Holloman 1968 - Actress ("The L Word")
• Lorenzo 1972 - Singer
• Maxwell 1973 - Singer
• Jewel 1974 - Singer
• Kelly Monaco 1976
• Adam Wylie 1984 - Actor