17 December 2015

qualtagh

[kwal-tak]

Noun

1. The first person one encounters, either after leaving one’s home or (sometimes) outside one’s home, especially on New Year’s Day.

Origin

Manx (Isle of Man)

Today’s quote

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

– Ludwig van Beethoven

On this day

17 December 1770 – baptism of Ludwig von Beethoven, German composer. One of the world’s most influential composers. He composed 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatos and 16 string quartets. Died 26 March 1827.

17 December 1903 – Orville and Wilbur Wright makes the world’s first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight.