Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

filiopietistic \fil-ee-oh-pahy-i-TIS-tik\, adjective:
  • Pertaining to reverence of forebears or tradition, especially if carried to excess.
A clunky word, filiopietistic is a clear combination of Latin roots. Filio means "brotherly"; piet is related to piety; and the suffix -istic (related to -ism) denotes the noun related to a verb (like baptism).
 
Super Bowel
  • A raucous bowel movement experienced the day after the Super Bowl due to consumption of large amounts of chili, hot wings, and beer.
Dave, I had a Super Bowel this morning... no more buffalo wing hot sauce for me.

History
  • 1933 - The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was declared in effect. The amendment moved the start of presidential, vice-presidential and congressional terms from March to January.
  • 1935 - Monopoly: the popular board game first went on sale
  • 1959 - The U.S., for the first time, successfully test-fired a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.
  • 1971 - NASA Astronaut Alan B. Shepard used a six-iron that he had brought inside his spacecraft (Apollo 14) and swung at three golf balls on the surface of the moon.
  • 1990 - Billy Idol broke several bones in a serious motorcycle accident. As a result he could not appear in Oliver Stone's "The Doors" in a major role.
  • 1998 - Washington National Airport was renamed for U.S. President Ronald Reagan with the signing of a bill by U.S. President Clinton.
  • 1998 - Falco died in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic.
Birthdays
  • Christopher Marlowe 1564
  • Aaron Burr 1756
  • Babe Ruth 1895
  • Ronald Wilson Reagan (U.S.) 1911
  • John Lund 1913
  • Zsa Zsa Gabor 1919
  • Patrick Macnee 1922
  • Sixten Jernberg 1929
  • Rip Torn 1931
  • Mamie Van Doren 1933
  • Mike Farrell 1939
  • Tom Brokaw 1940
  • Gigi Perreau 1941
  • Fabian Forte 1943
  • Gayle Hunnicutt 1943
  • Michael Tucker 1944
  • Bob Marley 1945 - Musican (The Wailers, Bob Marley and the Wailers)
  • Alan Jones (Amen Corner) 1947
  • Jim Sheridan 1949
  • Natalie Cole 1950
  • Jon Walmsley 1956
  • Kathy Najimy 1957
  • Robert Townsend 1957
  • Simon Phillips (Toto) 1957
  • Barry Miller 1958
  • Megan Gallagher 1960
  • Axl Rose (Guns & Roses) 1962
  • Richie McDonald (Lonestar) 1962
  • Rick Astley 1966
  • Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) 1969
  • Alice Eve 1981
  • Brandon Hammond 1984



 

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