Today in History (November 25th):
1783: More than 6,000 British troops evacuated New York City after signing the peace treaty ending the Revolutionary War.
1835: Birthdays: Industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
1844: Birthdays: Pioneer German automobile designer Karl Benz.
1846: Birthdays: Social reformer Carrie Nation.
1867: Alfred Nobel received a patent for dynamite.
1881: Birthdays: Pope John XXIII.
1914: Birthdays: New York Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio.
1926: Birthdays: Writer Poul Anderson.
1920: Birthdays: Actor Noel Neill (Lois Lane in the Superman TV series); Actor Ricardo Montalban.
1933: Birthdays: Actor Kathryn Crosby.
1944: Birthdays: Actor Ben Stein.
1947: Film industry executives announced that 10 directors, producers and actors who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee would be fired or suspended. Birthdays: Actor John Larroquette.
1940: Birthdays: Football Hall of Fame member Joe Gibbs; Singer Percy Sledge.
1950: The People’s Republic of China joined the Korean War.
1952: Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s longest running play, opened in London.
1960: Birthdays: John F. Kennedy Jr.; Singer Amy Grant.
1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy, assassinated in Dallas three days earlier, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
1966: Birthdays: Actor Billy Burke.
1968: Birthdays: Actor Jill Hennessy.
1970: Renowned Japanese writer Yukio Mishima committed suicide after failing to win public support for his often extreme political beliefs.
1971: Birthdays: Actor Christina Applegate.
1973: U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered the national highway speed limit cut from 70 mph to 55 mph to save lives and gasoline.
1986: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announced the resignation of national security adviser John Poindexter and the firing of Poindexter aide Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North in the aftermath of the secret, illegal Iran arms sale.
1987: Chicago’s first black mayor, Harold Washington, died in office of a heart attack at age 65.
1992: The Czechoslovakian Parliament voted to dissolve the country at the end of the year into separate Czech and Slovak states.
1997: Ron Carey, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, resigned amid questions about his management of union funds.
2001: Hundreds of U.S. Marines arrived in Afghanistan near the southern city of Kandahar in the first major entry of U.S. ground troops in that country in the war on terrorism. Meanwhile, around 400 Taliban captives revolted at a prison near Mazar-i-Sharif, overpowered guards and put up a fierce battle. U.S. planes were called in to bomb the prison.
2002: Warrants were issued in Los Angeles for the arrest of two former Roman Catholic priests on molestation charges, some allegations dating to the 1950s.
2003: A report by the United Nations and the World Health Organization said the infection and death rates of HIV/AIDS reached an all-time high.
2004: Nine people, including three federal agents, were found dead at two locations near Mexico’s resort town of Cancun, all believed slain by drug traffickers.
2006: Citing a classified U.S. government report, The New York Times said the insurgency in Iraq was self-sustaining financially, raising up to $200 million a year from various sources.
2008: The U.S. government says the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department will finance $800 billion in lending programs in another move designed to help the economy.
2009: Israeli Cabinet ministers approved a 10-month freeze on construction of settlements in the West Bank as proposed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
2010: A federal jury in Norfolk, Va., returned guilty verdicts in the first trial on international piracy charges held in the United States in 190 years. Five Somalis were convicted in the April 1 attack on the USS Nicholas.
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Quotes
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) US industrialist and philanthropist:
“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. The man who dies rich thus dies disgraced.”
“And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.”
“As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”
“Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket…”
“Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.”
“Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.”
“Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.”
“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.”
“He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.”
“Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.”
bursiform
PRONUNCIATION: (BUHR-suh-form)
http://wordsmith.org/words/bursiform.mp3
MEANING: adjective: Shaped like a pouch or a sac.
ETYMOLOGY: From Latin bursa (bag, pouch), from Greek byrsa (skin, hide). Earliest documented use: 1835.
USAGE: “Our results indicated that mononuclear cells … developed a bursiform shape.” – Bone Research; Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week; Jun 9, 2012.
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bundling
PRONUNCIATION: (BEHND-ling)
MEANING: (noun) – Sleeping with someone of the opposite sex fully clothed, separated by a blanket, or sewn up in a bundling bag.
ETYMOLOGY: Today’s word is the noun from the verb “bundle,” a relative of “bind,” but probably borrowed directly from Middle Dutch bondel “sheaf of papers, bundle.” Another relative is “band” but “bandanna” comes from Hindi bandhnu “tie-dyeing” from bandhna “to tie” (Sanskrit bandhati “he ties”). Another distant relative is “kummerbund” from Hindi kamarband, itself borrowed from Persian kamar “waist” + band “band.”
USAGE: “Under the Amish and Mennonites, bundling is a form of courtship, a way for a future married couple to spend time alone without risk of offspring.”
schmegeggy or schmegegge
PRONUNCIATION: (SHMUH-geg-ee)
http://wordsmith.org/words/schmegeggy.mp3
MEANING: noun:
1. A stupid person.
2. Nonsense.
ETYMOLOGY: Formed on the pattern of other Yiddish words starting with schm-, for example, schmuck. First recorded use: 1964.
USAGE:
“Dr. Eric Kandel*: I was a schmegeggy. To think that each one of these complex mental structures had a single locale and that I could find them in six months was absurd. I learned to be more realistic.” – Claudia Kalb; Interview: Biology of the Mind; Newsweek (New York); Mar 27, 2006. *2000 Nobel Prize in physiology / medicine
“What did you have to do with it? Your parents were Mormon. What kind of schmegeggy is this?” – Jess Stearn; Soulmates; Bantam; 1984.
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