20 May 2014

snollygoster

[snol-ee-gos-ter]

noun Slang.

– a clever, unscrupulous person.

Origin:
1855–60; origin uncertain

Anagram

Trolley songs
try lone gloss

Today’s aphorism

I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he’s wrong. Than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.

– Malcolm X

On this day

20 May 325 – conclusion of the First Council of Nicea, a cabal of 1800 bishops convened by Roman Emperor Constantine I (Constantine the Great) to gain consensus within the church for various doctrinal issues, such as the divinity of Christ, the Holy Trinity and the date for Easter which were articulated in the ‘Creed of Nicea’. The Council concluded on 25 August 325.

20 May 1896 – a 6 ton chandlier falls from the ceiling of the Palais Garnier, Paris, onto the crowd below. One person is killed and many injured.