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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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.
My wowthritis is starting to clear up - time to get back in there!

History
  • "We have met the enemy, and they are ours": message sent by Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812 announcing US victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813)
  • 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)
Birthdays
  • 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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