Question of the Day

I’ve got a small scratch in a maple end table from the 1950s. The table isn’t worth much, but I love it. Can the scratch be covered somehow?Some scratches can be concealed with a paste of instant coffee and water, although this is not recommended for fine antiques. Put some instant coffee in a small bowl, then sprinkle just enough water on the coffee to make a thick paste. Rub the mixture into the scratch.

Advice of the Day

Wash your dog’s paws after a walk on salted roads.

Home Hint of the Day

Prevent unauthorized use of your power tools by fitting a tiny padlock throught the small hole in one of the prongs of the tool’s electrical plug.

Word of the Day

KeelhaulTo haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.

Puzzle of the Day

Why is there a difference of only two letters of the alphabet between an accepted and a rejected love?One kisses his miss, and the other misses his kiss.

Born

• Daniel Webster (statesman) – 1782
• Ruben Dario (poet) – 1867
• A. A. Milne (author) – 1882
• Oliver Hardy (comedian) – 1892
• Cary Grant (actor) – 1904
• Danny Kaye (actor) – 1911
• Curt Flood (baseball player) – 1938
• Bobby Goldsboro (singer) – 1941
• Kevin Costner (actor) – 1955
• Karan Brar (actor) – 1999

Died

• John Tyler (10th U.S. president) – 1862
• Rudyard Kipling (author) – 1936
• Curly Howard (actor, best known as one of The Three Stooges) – 1952
• Robert B. Parker (author of mysteries; Mr. Parker died at his writing desk, working on a book) – 2010
• Glenn Frey (musician; founding member of The Eagles) – 2016

Events

• The play entitled Gorboduc, written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, was presented before Queen Elizabeth I. It was the first real English tragedy.– 1562
• John Winthrop documented the first known unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings in North America– 1644
• Two lights formed a manlike shape and arose out of the water in Boston– 1644
• Eugene Ely proved that planes could land safely on ships– 1911
• Ice in the in the Weddell Sea trapped Antarctic explorer E. Shackleton’s ship Endurance until she sank on November 21– 1915
• The first session of the Paris Peace Conference to end WWI was held– 1919
• NY Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell debuted on radio– 1926
• First around-the-world, nonstop flight by jet concluded– 1957
• The Dow Jones industrial stock average first passed the 1,000 mark– 1966
• Yellowknife became capital of the Northwest Territories– 1967
• The cause of Legionnaires’ disease (Legionellosis) identified as bacteria– 1977
• 211-pound striped marlin caught near Red Hill, Hawaii– 1996
• 4-lb. 8-oz. Heller’s barracuda caught, Molokai, Hawaii– 2005
• A half pound meteorite crashed through the office of Dr. Frank Ciampi, Lorton, Virginia– 2010

Weather

• Ice in the in the Weddell Sea trapped Antarctic explorer E. Shackleton’s ship Endurance until she sank on November 21– 1915
• Twenty-seven degrees below zero F, Watts, Oklahoma– 1930
• 95 degrees F in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California– 1971
• Twenty-nine degrees below zero F in Concord, New Hampshire– 1971
• Fifty-four degrees below zero F in Embarrass, Minnesota– 2005
• NASA and NOAA announced that 2016 was hottest year globally on record– 2017

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