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elegiac \el-i-JAHY-uhk\, adjective:
1. Relating to the mourning or remembering of the dead.2. Used in, suitable for, or resembling an elegy.3. Expressing sorrow.
Elegiac stems from the Greek elegos, "poem or song of lament," a word that may date back to the Phrygian language.
dearthquake, noun:
- A very minor tremor or vibration that causes a media frenzy while actually having little effect or no real damage.
Yo, bro - did you feel that wicked dearthquake this morning?
No dude, I was busy carpet sweeping my girl's rug and felt no tremors at all.
History
- Boulder Dam: was dedicated by FDR (1936); it was renamed Hoover Dam in 1947
- World Wide Fund for Nature: conservation and environmental group was formed, in Switzerland (1961)
- coup: General Augusto Pinochet's forces topple the Chilean government of democratically-elected Salvador Allende; Pinochet retained power for nearly 17 years (1973)
- Scottish Parliament: a referendum of the Scottish electorate approved a separate parliament, breaking from England after 290 years of union (1997)
- Al Qaida: attacks at the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with hijacked planes. Thousands died that day. Led to the invasion of Afghanistan by US and allied forces. (2001)
Libya: Terror attack on the American consulate in Benghazi left four American dead. Initially President Obama blamed the attack on a crude video, but later recanted. (2012)
- James Thomson 1700
- O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) 1862
- James Jeans
- D.H. Lawrence 1885
- Jimmie Davis 1899
- Anne Seymour 1909
- Bear Bryant 1913
- Jessica Mitford 1917
- Ferdinand Marcos (Philippines) 1917
- Betsy Drake 1923
- Tom Landry 1924
- Alfred Slote 1926
- Lee Richardson 1926
- Earl Holliman 1928
- Arvo Part 1935
- Gherman Titov 1935
- Brian DePalma 1940
- Lola Falana 1943
- Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead) 1943
- Phil May (The Pretty Things) 1944
- Leo Kottke 1945
- Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams) 1946
- Amy Madigan 1951
- Tommy Shaw (Styx) 1952
- Reed Birney 1954
- John Moss (Culture Club) 1957
- Mick Talbot (The Style Council) 1958
- Kristy McNichol 1962
- Virginia Madsen 1963
- Roxanne Dawson 1964
- Moby 1965
- Harry Connick, Jr. 1967
- Bart Van Der Zeeluw (K's Choice) 1968
- Laura Wright 1970
- Mr. Black 1977
- Jonny Buckland 1977 - Musician (Coldplay)
- Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges) 1977 - Rapper, actor
- Tiffany Shepis 1979 - scream queen
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