19 July 2014

pule

[pyool]

verb (used without object), puled, pul·ing.

– to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper. ‘I heard the child pule when her toy broke’.

Origin:
1525–35; perhaps imitative

Related forms
pul·er, noun

Today’s aphorism

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

– Henry Stanley Haskins

On this day

19 July 64 AD – Rome’s Circus Maximus destroyed by fire, during the Great Fire of Rome.

19 July 1553 – 15 year old, Lady Jane Grey, the ‘Nine Day Queen’, deposed as Queen of England. On his deathbed, King Edward VI (also 15) named his cousin, Lady Jane, as his successor. She ‘ruled’ for 9 days before being deposed and charged with high treason, as was her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley. They were both executed in February 1554.

19 July 1799 – Rosetta Stone discovered by Napoleon’s expeditionary army in Egypt. The Rosetta Stone enabled the translation of hieroglyphs.

19 July 1940 – Adolf Hitler delivers his ‘Last Appeal to Reason’ speech, declaring his victory and appealing for Great Britain to surrender.

19 July 1947 – assassination of General Aung San, founder of modern day Burma and Burmese Army. Father of Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese politician, activist and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient.

19 July 1976 – UK rock group, Deep Purple, breaks up.