Today in History and Word of the Day October 2016
October 4th 1927 Relic (noun) Work began on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota; the monument displays 4 presidents- George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. An item from the past; something old
October 5th 1953 Quip The NY Yankees won their 5th world series in a row; they have the most World Series championships in Major League Baseball. noun: a witty saying or remark. verb: to make jokes.
October 6th 1927 Licentious (adj) The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of "The Jazz Singer”. Lacking moral discipline.
October 7th 1998 Reprehensible (adj) College student Matthew Shepard was beaten and tied to a fence in Laramie, Wyoming because he was gay; he died five days later. Awful; shameful; terrible.
October 10th 1845 Censorious (adj) The US Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland. Harshly critical or expressing formal disapproval.
October 11th 1793 Malaria (noun) Malaria broke out in Philadelphia, killing 5,000 people. A disease carried by mosquitoes that causes fever, muscle pain, jaundice, internal bleeding, and delirium before death. Also known as “Yellow Fever” and “American Plague”.
October 13th 1792 Cornerstone (noun) The cornerstone of the White House was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia. A stone that marks the start of construction of an important building. Something that is essential and basic.
October 14th 1964 Nobel Prize (noun) Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. One of six annual prizes that are awarded to people for important work in the fields of literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, economics, and for helping to bring about peace in the world.
October 17th 1777 Turning Point (noun) British troops under General John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, New York, marking a turning point in the American Revolutionary War. A moment or event in which a big change occurs.
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