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TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
What is the best way to deodorize my car?
Clean all the upholstery and carpeting with a mixture of vinegar and water. Sponge it in and blot with a towel. You can clean the remaining interior surfaces the same way.
Advice of the Day
To clean a steam iron, fill it with vinegar, let sit overnight, and flush with water.
Home Hint of the Day
To hammer in a small brad without hammering the fingers that hold it, poke the brad through the edge of a piece of cardboard, holding it while you tap the brad in most of the way. Then pull the cardboard free and pound the nail flush.
Word of the Day
Chin-wag
Light informal conversation for social occasions.
Puzzle of the Day
Why is a pair of skates like an apple?
Because they have both caused the fall of man.
Born
- Franz Gruber (composer) – 1787
- Andrew Carnegie (industrialist) – 1835
- Georg Kaiser (dramatist) – 1878
- Virgil Thomson (composer) – 1896
- Helen Gahagan Douglas (politician) – 1900
- Joe DiMaggio (baseball player) – 1914
- John Larroquette (actor) – 1947
- Amy Grant (singer) – 1960
- John F. Kennedy, Jr. (son of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy) – 1960
- Christina Applegate (actress) – 1971
- Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Welch Bush (fraternal twin daughters of President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush) – 1981
Died
- Upton Sinclair (writer) – 1968
- Flip Wilson (actor & comedian) – 1998
- Rance Howard (actor) – 2017
Events
- First sword-swallower performance in the U.S.– 1817
- First YMCA in North America opened, in Montreal, Quebec– 1851
- Last log entry for Mary Celeste before crew disappeared – 1872
- Greenback Party (originally, National Independent Party) organized– 1874
- American College of Surgeons incorporated– 1912
- Albert Einstein formulated his general theory of relativity– 1915
- The first door to King Tut’s tomb was opened– 1922
- President John F. Kennedy was buried at 3:34 pm EST in Arlington National Cemetery– 1963
- Robert S. Ledley granted a patent for CAT scan– 1975
- Rene Levesque became premier of Quebec– 1976
- U.S. chess champion John Donaldson wed Soviet champion Elena Akhmilovskaya– 1988
- Ireland voted to legalize divorce– 1995
Weather
- A tornado ripped through Portland, Arkansas– 1926
- Steubenville, Ohio, received 36.3 inches of snow– 1950
- West Virginia received 57 inches of snow– 1950
- A blizzard hit the Appalachian states and nearby areas. Hartford, Connecticut, recorded gusts of 100 miles (160km) per hour.– 1950
- Winds atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire were recorded at 160 miles per hour– 1950
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