On Thid Day November 8th
OTD
November 8th is the 312th day of the year in the Gregorian
calendar; 53 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
1291 – The Republic of Venice enacts a law confining most of
Venice's glassmaking industry to the "island of Murano".
1602 – The Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford is
opened to the public.
1644 – The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing
dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the
first Qing emperor to rule over China.
1745 – Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of
approximately 5,000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
1889 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen
discovers X–ray.
1920 – Rupert Bear, illustrated by Mary Tourtel makes his
first appearance in print.
1933 – Great Depression: New Deal: US President Franklin D.
Roosevelt unveiled the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to
create jobs for more than four million unemployed.
1972 – American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO)
launches.
Birthdays
1656 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician
(d. 1742)
1836 – Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the
Milton Bradley Company (d. 1911)
1847 – Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, created Count
Dracula (d. 1912)
1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d.
1949)
1923 – Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel
Prize laureate (d. 2005)
1929 – Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach (d.
2021)
1956 – Steven Miller, American record producer and engineer
1966 – Gordon Ramsay, British chef, restaurateur, and
television host/personality
1985 – Jack Osbourne, English-American television
personality
Holiday Spotlight
Abet and Aid Punsters Day
Though there is no
proof of when and how Abet and Aid Punsters Day came about, enthusiasts believe
that the day might have originated in the 1970s. As we already know, Abet and
Aid Punsters Day was created with the simple aim of sharing jokes and laughing
together. Punsters hope that everyone will join in the celebrations and forget
their worries for a day.
We all know what puns
are, but have you ever wondered about their linguistic nuances? The pun, or
paronomasia, is a form of wordplay that lends multiple meanings to a term or
similar-sounding words to deliver a humorous or rhetorical effect. One can do
this by intentionally using homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or figurative
language. A pun must always have corrected or fairly reasonable interpretations
and can be in-jokes or idiomatic constructions. Their meanings may be specific
to a particular language or culture. Puns have a long history in human writing;
for example, the Roman playwright Plautus was famous for his puns and word
games.
Puns originated in
ancient Egypt, where the Egyptians used them to develop myths and interpret
dreams. In Shen Dao, China, they used puns for communicating royal decrees. In
ancient Mesopotamia, around 2500 B.C., punning was used by scribes to represent
words in cuneiform. Interestingly, the Hebrew Bible contains puns, too! The
Mayans also used puns in their hieroglyphic writing and their modern languages.
As you might have guessed, humans have always enjoyed a good pun.
Other Include
Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day
Dunce Day
GIS Day (Geographic Information Systems
International Pathology Day
International Tongue Twister Day
Intersex Day of Remembrance
National Cappuccino Day
National Harvey Wallbanger Day
National Parents as Teachers Day
National S.T.E.M. / S.T.E.A.M. Day
National Walk to Workday
World Town Planning Day
X-Ray Day
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