Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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slimsy \SLIM-zee\, adjective:

• Flimsy; frail.

Slimsy is an Americanism that came into common use in the 1830s and early 1840s. It is a combination of slim and flimsy.

 

Congressional Review

• To loosely read or breeze through a document, likely missing a fair amount of the information contained within.

How tough will the upgrade be?

I'm not too sure, I only gave the guide a Congressional Review.

 

History

• Shaanxi Earthquake: deadliest earthquake in recorded history shook central and eastern China, killing more than 800,000 (1556)
  

  
• Election Day: date for national elections was set by US Congress as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (1845)
• Elizabeth Blackwell: became the first female physician in the US, graduating first in her class from Geneva Medical College (1849)
• Roots: the mini-series based on Alex Haley's epic novel began on ABC (1977)
• Daniel Pearl: reporter for The Wall Street Journal was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan; he was killed less than a month later (2002)

Birthdays

• John Hancock 1737
• Edouard Manet 1832
• Joseph Nathan Kane 1899
• Randolph Scott 1903
• Dan Duryea 1907
• David Duncan 1916
• Ernie Kovacs 1919
• Ray Abrams 1920
• Marty Paich 1925
• Jeanne Moreau 1928
• Ken Errair (The Four Freshmen) 1928
• Chita Rivera 1933
• Lou Antonio 1934
• Eugene Church 1938
• Johnny Russel 1940
• Gil Gerard 1943
• Rutger Hauer 1944
• Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) 1944
• Anita Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) 1948
• Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver) 1950
• Bill Cunningham (The Box Tops) 1950
• Danny Federici (E Street Band) 1950
• Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) 1953
• Princess Caroline of Monaco 1957
• Anita Baker 1958
• Earl Falconer (UB40) 1959
• Gail O'Grady 1963
• Mariska Hargitay 1964
• Marc Nelson 1971
• Tiffany-Amber Thiessen 1974
  Tito Ortiz (MMA) 1975