History/Word: July 17, 18, 19, 20

[mastergraywolf]

Missed a couple of days so I'm going ahead.

Word of the Day

July 17:
- Merit: something that deserves or justifies a reward or commendation a commendable quality, act, etc.
~ Word derives from old english word that means "To deserve".

July 18:
- Incessant: Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance. (ie: incessant sound); unending
- Cessant is from "Cease" (to stop working)

July 19:
- Formula: Various definitions, including a plan of action intended to solve a problem.
- From Latin word formula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”); diminutive of forma (“a form”)

July 20:
- Anecdote: a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- Derives from Greek words meaning "to publish", "to give".

History of the Day
July 17:
- Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California in 1955.

July 18:
- The former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was born in 1918.
- Also born, astronaut John Glenn in 1921.

July 19:
- Anti-Mafia Judge Paolo Borsellino is killed by a Mafia car bomb in Palermo, Italy together with five police officers in 1992.

- Soji Okita, Shinsengumi member died in 1868

July 20:
- 1903 – Ford Motor Company ships its first car in 1903 (in my HOME STATE OF MICHIGAN).