mesmerize \MEZ-muh-rahyz\, verb:
1. To spellbind; fascinate.2. To hypnotize.3. To compel by fascination.
Mesmerize is an eponym from Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815), an Austrian physician who developed a theory of animal magnetism and a mysterious body fluid which allows one person to hypnotize another.
I'm very humbled
- A phrase used to be modest under false pretenses.
A. I'm very humbled to except this award.
B. I'm very humbled that so many people could be here.
History
- The Charge of the Light Brigade: the British assaulted Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava, which was commemorated in a poem by Tennyson (1854)
- Battle of Leyte Gulf: one of the largest naval battles in history took place between the US and Japan as the US invaded the Philippines (1944)
- United Nations: voted mainland China in, Taiwan out (1971)
- Operation Urgent Fury: the US invaded Grenada in response to the execution of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop (1983)
Birthdays
- Georges Bizet 1838
- Pablo Picasso 1881
- Richard Byrd 1888
- Leo G. Carroll 1892
- Whit Bissell 1909
- Minnie Pearl (Sarah Ophelia Colley) 1912
- Lee MacPhail 1917
- Chubby Jackson 1918
- Buddy Thomson (MLB) 1923
- Earl Palmer 1924
- Billy Barty 1924
- Jimmy Heath (Heath Brothers) 1926
- Barbara Cook 1927
- Marion Ross 1928
- Jeanne Cooper 1928
- Tony Franciosca 1928
- Earl Ingarfield 1934
- Jeanne Black 1937
- Bobby Knight 1940
- Ann Tyler 1941
- Helen Reddy 1942
- Jon Anderson (Yes) 1944
- Taffy Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) 1944
- Glen Tipton (Judas Priest) 1948
- Brian Kerwin 1949
- Matthais Jabs (The Scorpions) 1955
- Nancy Cartwright 1957
- Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) 1958
- Nick Thorp (Curiosity Killed the Cat) 1958
- Christina Amphlett (Divinyls) 1960
- Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) 1962
- Tracy Nelson 1963
- Michael Boatman 1964
- Speech 1968
- Chely Wright 1970
- Adam Goldberg 1970
- Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) 1970
- Midori 1971
- Pedro Martinez (MLB) 1971
- Lamont Bentley 1973
- Ben Gould 1980
- Young Rome 1981
- Jerome Jones (Immature) 1981
- Katy Perry (Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson) 1984
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