25 January 2014

tintinnabulation

[tin-ti-nab-yuh-ley-shuhn]

noun

– the ringing or sound of bells, e.g. Every Sunday he woke to the church’s tintinnabulation.

adjectives:

tintin’nabular

tintin’nabulary

tintin’nabulous

Origin:
1825–35, Americanism; < Latin tintinnābul ( um ) bell (see tintinnabular) + -ation

Today’s aphorism

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

– Pema Chodron

On this day

25 January 1947 – Infamous gangster, Al Capone, dies of pneumonia and heart failure. He was born on 17 January 1899.

25 January 1971 – Ugandan General, Idi Amin seizes power while President Milton Obote is away. Amin’s brutal, 8-year dictatorship resulted in the murders of between 100,000 to 500,000 people. In 1979, Amin fled to Libya and later to Saudi Arabia, where he remained until his death on 16 August 2003.

25 January 1974 – Record flooding in Brisbane caused by Tropical Cyclone Wanda. During a 36 hour period, 642mm fell on Brisbane city, causing the deaths of 14 people, and flooding at least 6,700 houses.