Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

revenant \REV-uh-nuhnt\, noun:
  • One who returns after death (as a ghost) or after a long absence.
Revenant is from French revenir, "to return," which is also the source of the word revenue, "that which returns from an investment." 
Hirp
  • A Hiccup burp.
  • The painful eruption of gas flowing up the esophagus, while simultaneously hiccuping.
Josh: "arghhaaaaHhhs"
Justin: "wtf was that?"
Josh: "oh you know, I HIRPED."



History
  • George Washington's farewell address: was printed as an open letter to the American public (1796)
  • New Zealand: became the first country to grant women the vote (1893)
  • Butch Cassidy: notorious outlaw joined his partner, the Sundance Kid, in robbing their first bank as a duo in Winnemucca, Nevada (1900)
  • Juan Perón: Argentina's president was deposed and exiled after a military coup (1955); he lived in exile for two decades and then was reinstated as president
  • emoticons: the digital smiley :-) and frowny :-( were proposed by Scott Fahlman (1982)
  • Ötzi the Iceman: 5,000-year-old tattooed mummy was discovered near the Austrian-Italian border (1991)
Birthdays
  • Jan Luyts 1655
  • Henry Brougham 1778
  • Leon Jaworski 1905
  • Frances Farmer 1910
  • Sir William Golding 1911
  • Roger Angell 1920
  • Billy Ward (Billy Ward and the Dominoes) 1921
  • Duke Snider 1926
  • Adam West 1928
  • Rosemary Harris 1930
  • Ray Danton 1931
  • Brook Benton 1931
  • Mike Royko 1932
  • David McCallum 1933
  • Brian Epstein 1934
  • Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) 1935
  • Al Oerter 1936
  • Paul Williams 1940
  • Sylvia Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) 1940
  • Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) 1940
  • Joe Morgan 1943
  • "Mama" Cass Elliott (The Mamas and Papas) 1943
  • Randolph Mantooth 1945
  • David Bromberg 1945
  • Freda Payne 1945
  • John Coghlan (Status Quo) 1946
  • Lol Creme (10cc, Godley & Creme) 1947
  • Jeremy Irons 1948
  • Lesley "Twiggy" Hornby 1949
  • Joan Lunden 1951
  • Daniel Lanois 1951
  • Nile Rodgers (Chic) 1952
  • Rex Smith 1956
  • Lita Ford 1958
  • Kevin Hooks 1958
  • Trisha Yearwood 1964
  • Jim Abbott 1967
  • Espraronza Griffin (Society of Soul) 1969
 



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