Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

bespeak \bih-SPEEK\, verb:
1. To show; indicate.
2. To ask for in advance.
3. To reserve beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for.
4. Literary. To speak to; address.
5. Obsolete. To foretell; forebode.
Bespeak is derived from the Old English word besprecan. It developed a wide range of meanings, such as request, discuss, or arrange.

jack of all traits
  • A politically correct way of describing someone with multiple personality disorder
Him: WTF is up with Jill? One minute she's Marsha Brady, the next she's Brittney Spears.
Her: She's a jack of all traits.
 
History
  • The Communist Manifesto: sci-fi novel for economic retards was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (1848)
  • DNA: scientists Watson and Crick discovered the elusive double helix (1953)
  • peace symbol: was designed by Gerald Holtom as a nuclear disarmament logo; it combines the letters "n" and "d" in the flag semaphore alphabet (1958)
  • Malcolm X: militant civil rights leader was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam while delivering a speech in New York (1965)
  • Steve Fossett: became the first to cross the Pacific in a balloon upon traveling from South Korea to Canada; 12 years later, he disappeared while flying a plane in Nevada and later was declared dead (1995)
Birthdays
  • Alice Palmer (Alice Elvira Freeman) 1855 - Educator, helped organize American Association of University Women
  • Andres Segovia 1893
  • W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden 1907 - Poet
  • Zachary Scott 1914
  • Ann Sheridan 1915 - Actress ("Appointment in Honduras", "The Man Who Came to Dinner")
  • Albert Axelrod 1921 - Fencer, editor (American Fencing Magazine)
  • Jack Ramsay 1925 - Basketball coach
  • Sam Peckinpah 1925 - Director
  • Erma Bombeck 1927 - Humorist, columnist, writer
  • Hubert de Givenchy 1927 - Fashion designer
  • Nina Simone (Eunice Waymon) 1933 - Singer, songwriter
  • Rue McClanahan 1935 - Actress ("The Golden Girls", "Maude", "Mama’s Family")
  • Barbara Jordan 1936 - Lawyer, U.S. Congresswoman
  • Ron Clarke 1937 - Runner, broke 17 world records between 1963 and 1970
  • Gary Lockwood (Yusolfsky) 1937 - Actor ("2001: A Space Odyssey", "Splendor in the Grass")
  • Ernie McMillan 1938 - Football player
  • Peter Gethin 1940 - Auto racer
  • Peter McEnery 1940 - Actor ("Negatives")
  • David Geffen 1943 - Producer, record executive (Geffen Records)
  • Jack Billingham 1943 - Baseball player
  • Danny Grant 1945 - Hockey player
  • Tyne Daly 1946 - Actress ("Cagney and Lacey", "The Enforcer")
  • Alan Rickman 1946
    Anthony Daniels 1946 C3PO
  • Jerry Harrison 1949 - Musician (Talking Heads)
  • Bill Olds 1951 - Football player
  • Vince Welnick 1951 - Musician (The Tubes, The Greatful Dead)
  • Jean-Jacques Burnel 1952 - Musician (The Stranglers)
  • Ken Huff 1953 - Football player
  • Jim Pietrzak 1953 - Football player
  • William Petersen 1953 - Actor ("CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Fear")
  • Kelsey Grammer 1955 - Actor ("Cheers", "Frazier")
  • Jack Coleman 1958
  • Alan Trammell 1958
  • Mary Chapin Carpenter 1958 - Singer
  • Christopher Atkins 1961 - Actor ("Dallas", "The Blue Lagoon")
  • Ranking Roger (English Beat, General Public) 1961
  • William "Billy" Baldwin 1963 - Actor ("Backdraft")
  • Corey Harris 1969
  • Eric Wilson 1970 - Musician (Sublime)
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt 1979 - Actress ("Party of Five", "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit") aka Jennifer Love Huge Tits
  • Charlotte Church 1986 - Singer, actor
  • Ashley Greene 1987 - Actress ("Twilight")
 
 
  

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