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1991 Francois Billetdoux, French author (Word Awake), dies in Phila

1991 Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song

1989 Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon

1974 Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2 months

1970 Ray Davies of Kinks travels round trip NY-London to change 1 word in "Lola," (Coca-Cola to Cherry Cola) because of BBC coml reference ban

1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word

1944 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, U.S. singer, Persuasions-Spread the Word

1941 Florinda Bolkan, Ceara Brazil, actress, Damned, Last Valley, Word

1930 Zoe Akins' "Greeks Had a Word for it," premieres in New York City

1922 Queen Wilhelmina's takes Dutch throne with 119 word speech

1920 David Waller, actor, Shadowlands, Work is a 4 Letter Word

1920 Jos de Haes, Flemish philological/poet, Misery of the Word

1909 Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier

1904 Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, Dutch, sculptress, if that word exists

1900 1st know occurrence of word "hillbillie" (New York Journal)

1890 Karel Capek, Czechoslovakia, writer, R U R, ; coined the word "robot"

1646 Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word

1611 Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)

1308 Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher (coined the word dunce), dies at 42

1 Origin of Dionysian Incarnation of the Word



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