Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

grouse \grous\, verb:
1. To grumble; complain.
 noun:
1. A complaint.
Grouse originally referred to a type of bird. It is uncertain why it began to mean "to complain," though it bears a resemblance to the word grouch.
 
zing
  • An interjection commonly used after making a witty joke at someone else's expense while they are present.
Person 1: Your room smells like ass.
Person 2: That's because you're in it. ZING!

History
  • Florida: Juan Ponce de León discovered this state's flowery coast, naming it for Pascua florida ("flowery Easter"); he was searching for the Fountain of Youth; the event is commemorated as Pascua Florida Day (1513)
  • Turin: the first Italian Parliament convened in the first capital of the new Kingdom of Italy (1860)
  • "The world must be made safe for democracy": with these words, US President Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to enter WWI (1917)
  • Falkland Islands War: Argentina invaded British-occupied Falkland Islands; Argentina's defeat within a few months discredited its military government, and civilian rule was restored the following year (1982)
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Birthdays
  • Giovanni Casanova 1725 - Writer, philanderer
  • Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - Author ("The Ugly Duckling")
  • Frederic Bartholdi 1834
  • Emile Zola 1840 - Novelist
  • Walter Chrysler 1875 - Auto manufacturer (Chrysler Corporation)
  • Max Ernst 1891 - Sculptor and painter
  • Buddy Ebsen 1908 - Actor ("The Beverly Hillbillies", "Barnaby Jones")
  • Herbert Mills 1912 - Singer (The Mills Brothers)
  • Sir Alec Guinness (Alec Guinness de Cuffe) 1914 - Actor ("Bridge Over River Kwai", "A Passage to India", "The Empire Strikes Back", "Star Wars")
  • Lou Monte 1917 - Singer

  • Dabbs Greer 1917
  • Charles White 1918 - Artist
  • Jack Webb (John Randolf) 1920 - Director, actor
  • Sir Jack Brabham - Auto racer
  • Bobby (Roberto Francisco Gonzales) Avila 1924 - Baseball player
  • Carmen Basilio 1927 - Boxer
  • Rita Gam 1928 - Actress ("The Thief", "Midnight")
  • Sharon Acker 1935
  • Warner Mack 1938 - Country singer
  • Marvin Gaye, Jr. 1939 - Singer ("I Heard It Through The Grapevine")
  • Leon Russel 1942 - Singer, songwriter
  • Larry Coryell 1943
  • Glen Dale 1943 - Musician (The Fortunes)
  • Marlene Floyd 1944 - Golfer, golf commentator
  • Linda Hunt 1945 - Actress ("Kindergarten Cop")
  • Reggie (Carl Reginald) Smith 1945 - Baseball player
  • Don Sutton 1945 - Baseball pitcher
  • Emmylou Harris 1947 - Singer
  • Leon Wilkerson 1952 - Musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • Pamela Reed 1953 - Actress
  • Debralee Scott 1953 - Actress ("Police Academy")
  • Ron "Horshack" Palillo 1954
  • Christopher Meloni 1961 - Actor ("Law and Order: Special Victims Unit")
  • Keren Woodward 1961 - Singer (Bananarama)
  • Clark Gregg 1962 - Actor
  • Billy Dean 1962
  • Bill Romanowski 1966 - Football player
  • Roselyn Sanchez 1973 - Actress ("Without a Trace")
    Pedro Pascal 1975 - Actor ("The Mandalorian")
  • Jeremy Garrett 1976
  • Michael Fassbender 1977
  • Jesse Plemons 1988 - Actor ("Friday Night Lights")
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