Today's Highlights:
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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The Pink Panther and Inspector Clouseau |
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Spotlight: The Pink Panther is 1) Inspector Jacques Clouseau's sidekick, 2) a valuable diamond, 3) Inspector Clouseau's archenemy. If you guessed #2, you're right. The Pink Panther was a diamond stolen in the first of the series of eponymous films starring Peter Sellers. A flaw in the heart of the diamond resembled a leaping panther; hence the name. Friz Freleng, who was born on this date in 1906, and David DePatie created the animated Pink Panther character for the opening credits of the film. Accompanied by Henry Mancini's memorable music, the character became so popular that he eventually starred in his own movie shorts and a Saturday morning television show.
Quote: "There is no me. I do not exist. There used to be a me but I had it surgically removed."
Word of the day: paesano (pī' zä · nō)(meteorology) A northerly night breeze, blowing down from the mountains, of Lake Garda in Italy.
Usage: Though the breeze may feel friendly, a paesano is different from a paisano.
Keep up with the speeding world of science and technology with the Sci-Tech Dictionary's definitions of terms from a variety of scientific and technological disciplines — made for techies and the scientifically-challenged alike.
Today's News:
Today's History:
- Lincoln-Douglas debates: began in Illinois Senate race; slavery and states' rights were the main issues (1858)
- Mona Lisa: quizzical Leonardo da Vinci painting was stolen from the Louvre by Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia (1911)
- Leon Trotsky: Soviet revolutionary died of wounds inflicted by a Stalinist assassin with an ice axe (1940)
- Hawaii: island group became 50th US state (1959)
Today's Birthdays:
- Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999): basketball star who holds record for most points (100) in one game
- Kim Cattrall (51): actress, Sex and the City
- Alizée (23): French pop singer
