Monday, September 10, 2018
compère \KOM-pair\, noun:
1. A host, master of ceremonies, or the like, especially of a stage revue or television program.verb:
1. To act as compère for: to compère the new game show.Compère literally means "godfather" in French. It entered English in the 1730s.
wowthritis
- The gnarled shape of your hands and arms after playing several hours and/or days of World of Warcraft. This condition usually results in sore joints and numbness.
History
- Elias Howe: American inventor received a patent for the sewing machine (1846)
- Gunsmoke: debuted; Law and Order recently tied it as TV's longest-running prime-time drama series (1955)
- guillotine: was used for the last time as a tool of execution in France on Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torturing and murdering his ex-girlfriend (1977)
I want to believe: The X-Files premiered on television (1993) - Switzerland: the famously neutral country joined the UN, becoming its 190th member (2002)
- Romeyn de Hooghe 1645
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli 1751
- Isaac Funk 1839
- William M. Harnett 1848
- Arthur H. Compton 1892
- Robert Wise 1914
- Edmond O'Brien 1915
- Arnold Daniel Palmer 1929
- Roger Maris 1934
- Charles Kuralt 1934
- Tommy Overstreet 1937
- Greg Mullavey 1939
- Artie Tripp (Mothers Of Invention) 1939
- Roy Ayers 1940
- Buck Buchanan 1940
- Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night) 1942
- Tom Ligon 1945
- Jose Feliciano 1945
- James Hines 1947
- Bob Lanier 1948
- Judy Geeson 1948
- Charlie Waters 1948
- Margaret Trudeau 1948
- Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) 1949
- Don Powel (Slade) 1950
- Joe Perry (Aerosmith) 1950
- Alder Taylor 1951
- Peter Tolson 1951
- Amy Irving 1953
- Pat Mastelotto (Mr. Mister) 1955
- Rosie Flores 1956
- Jonnie Fingers (Boomtown Rats) 1956
- Kate Burton 1957
- Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespeare's Sister) 1957
- Colin Firth 1960
- David Lowery (Cracker) 1960
- Randy Johnson 1963
- Carol Decker (T'Pau) 1963
- Joe Nieuwendyk 1966
- Miles Zuniga (Fastball) 1966
- Robin Goodridge (Bush) 1966
- Guy Ritchie 1968
- Big Daddy Kane 1968
- Ryan Phillippe 1974
- Gustavo Kuerten 1976
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