Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

vittate \ VIT-eyt \ , adjective; 
  1. striped longitudinally. 
  2. provided with or having a vitta or vittae. 
Origin: Vittate is derived from the Latin word vittātus which meant approximately "fillet-like." It entered English in the early 1800s.

carbon cockprint
  • The amount of CO2 and greenhouse gases released by a man in search of sexual gratification
"You're going all the way to Manchester to shag that bird? Your carbon cockprint will be massive!"

Holiday
  • Earth Day - The one day everyone is supposed to be a little more conscious of treating the planet better. 
 History 
  • Pedro Alvares Cabral: landed on the coast of Brazil, claiming the land for Portugal (1500)
  • Henry VIII: much-married king of England ascended to the throne (1509)
  • "In God We Trust": US Congress mandated that all minted coins bear this inscription (1864)
  • Oklahoma Land Rush: began officially at noon with thousands of homesteaders staking their claims (1889)
  • Earth Day: first observed (1970)
Birthdays
  • Queen Isabella I (Spain) 1451
  • Henry Fielding 1707 - Author ("The History of Tom Jones")
  • Immanuel Kant 1724 - Philosopher
  • Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924)
  • Nicola Sacco 1891 - Convicted of robbery and executed along with Bartolomeo Vanzetti after a controversial trial in Massachusetts.
  • Vladimir Nabokov 1899 - Russian novelist
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb
  • Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger) 1908 - Actor ("Green Acres")
  • Yehudi Menuhin 1916 - Violinist, played with New York Symphony Orchestra at age ten
  • Robert Wadlow Alton 1918 - At the time of his death on July 15, 1940 he was the tallest man in the world according to Guinness World Records. He was 8 ft 11.1 in.
  • Mickey (James Barton) Vernon 1918 - Baseball
  • Hal March (Mendelson) 1920 - Television emcee ("The $64,000 Question"), actor ("The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show")
  • Candid Camero 1921 - Musician
  • Charles Mingus 1922 - Musician
  • Richard Diebenkorn 1922 - Musician, singer, bandleader, composer
  • Aaron Spelling 1923 - Exectuive producer ("Fantasy Island", "Beverly Hills 90210")
  • Bettie Page 1923 - invented sexy
  • George Cole 1925 - Actor ("Minder", "Flash Harry")
  • Charlotte Rae 1926 - Actress ("Facts of Life")
  • Estelle Harris 1932 - Actess ("Seinfeld")
  • Mark Damon (Alan Harris) 1933 - Actor ("The Fall of the House of Usher")
  • Glen Campbell 1936 - Singer, actor
  • Jack Nitzsche 1937 - Arranger, producer, songwriter
  • Jack Nicholson (John Joseph) 1937 - Actor ("The Shining", "Batman", "The Witches of Eastwicke", "A Few Good Men")
  • Deane Beman 1938 - Golfer
  • Jason Miller 1939 - Actor ("Toy Soldiers", "The Exorcist" series)
  • Mel Carter 1943 - Singer, actor
  • Cleve Francis 1945 - Country singer
  • John Waters 1946 - Director
  • Larry Groce 1948 - Singer, songwriter
  • Spencer Haywood 1949 - Basketball player
  • Peter Frampton 1950 - Musician (Humble Pie)
  • Paul Carrack 1951 - Musician (Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics)
  • Tom Lysiak 1953 - Hockey player
  • Joseph Bottoms 1954 - Actor ("Surfacing", "Inner Sanctum")
  • Ryan Stiles 1959 - Actor ("Whose Line is It Anyway")
  • Byron Allen 1961 - Comedian, television host, actor ("Real People")
  • Chris Makepiece 1964 - Actor ("My Bodyguard", "Captive Hearts")
  • Jeffrey Dan Morgan 1966 - Actor ("Grey's Anatomy")
  • Sheryl Lee 1967 - Actress ("Twin Peaks")
  • Sherri Shepherd 1967 - Talk show host, actress
  • Heath Wright 1967 - Musician (Ricochet)
  • Ingo Rademacher 1971 - Actor ("General Hospital")
  • Eric Mabius 1971 - Actor ("Ugly Betty")
  • Anna Falchi 1972 - actress, hottie (below)
  • Daniel Johns 1979 - Musician (Silverchair)
  • Amber Heard 1986 - Actress (right)



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