31 December 2014

Hogmanay

[hog-muh-ney]

noun, Scot.
1. the eve of New Year’s Day.
2. (lowercase) a gift given on Hogmanay.

Origin
1670-1680; origin uncertain

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Anagram

among hay

Today’s aphorism

When I am silent, I have thunder hidden inside.

– Rumi

On this day

31 December 1948 – birth of Disco star, Donna Summer. Died 17 May 2012.

31 December 1967 – Evel Knievel unsuccessfully attempts a motorcycle jump over the fountains of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. He received concussion and numerous broken bones, which left him in a coma for 29 days.

31 December 2007 – Murder statistics in the United States reveal that murder rate is 0.055 per head of population, which is slightly less than it was in 1947, when the rate was 0.0551. The population in 1947 was 145,000,000 and there were 8,000 murders. In 2007, the population was 300,000,000 and there were 16,500 murders.