18 December 2015

recumbentibus

[rek-uhm-ben-tuh-bus]

noun

– a knockdown blow (verbal or physical)

The advantage of inflicting upon an assailant a recumbentibus — J. R. Newman

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Anagram

bribe scum tune
bisect emu burn

Today’s quote

Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.

– Joseph Stalin

On this day

18 December 1655 – The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.

18 December 1878 – Joseph Stalin, Georgian-Russian marshal and politician, 4th Premier of the Soviet Union, died from suspected poisoning 5 March 1953.

18 December 1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

18 December 1942 – U.S. B24 Liberator bomber crashes into Mt Straloch on Hinchinbrook Island, North Queensland. All 29 persons on board were killed. Because of the rugged terrain and monsoonal ‘wet’ season, the bodies were not recovered for some months. The plane had flown from Amberley air base, near Brisbane, to Garbutt air base in Townsville to pick up passengers. The plane crashed during a violent storm, shortly after departure from Garbutt. It was on its way to Iron Range air base, near Lockhardt River, North Queensland.

18 December 1963 – birth of Brad Pitt, American actor.