Daily Almanac for Sunday July 14, 2024

By Cynthia Charlene Greason

Jane Lynch at the 2016 Willfilm Awards. By Peterb1234 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https commons.wikimedia.org

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

Jane Marie Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is known for starring as Sue Sylvester in the musical comedy series Glee (2009–2015), which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. Lynch also gained recognition for her roles in Christopher Guest‘s mockumentary films: Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006).

Lynch had a recurring role in the sitcom Two and a Half Men (2004–2014), for which she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as recurring roles in the drama series The L Word (2005–2009), the police drama series Criminal Minds (2006–2020), the drama series The Good Fight (2017–2022), and the period comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017–2023), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award. From 2013 to 2020, Lynch hosted the game show Hollywood Game Night, which earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Lynch has had roles in numerous mainstream comedy films, such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Role Models (2008), Paul (2011), and The Three Stooges (2012). She has lent her voice to numerous animated films, including Space Chimps (2008), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Shrek Forever After (2010), Rio (2011), the Wreck-It Ralph film franchise (2012–2018), Escape from Planet Earth (2013), and UglyDolls (2019).

She is also known for her stage work including her role in Nora Ephron‘s off-Broadway play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in 2009. She made her Broadway debut as Miss Hannigan in the revival of Annie in 2013. She returned to Broadway as Mrs. Brice in another revival, Funny Girl, in 2022.

In 2013, Lynch received the 2,505th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the television category, located at 6640 Hollywood Blvd. Among her numerous accolades, Lynch has received five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.

TODAY’S ALMANAC

Bastille Day

Commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which started the French Revolution, on July 14th, 1789. Bastille Day is also celebrated by many of France’s former and current colonies.

Question of the Day

How can I get fleas out of my home?

Try this. Place a shallow pan filled with water and a little dishwashing liquid in the room that is infested. At night, turn on a lamp and focus it right over the pan. Turn off all the other lights. The fleas will jump at the light and fall into the pan. You’ll be amazed at the number of fleas you’ll catch the first night. Change the solution as needed. Although you won’t catch any fleas on some nights, continue the treatment for at least two weeks to get the next generation of fleas after they hatch.

Advice of the Day

Change of weather makes conversation for fools.

Home Hint of the Day

If your screen door has a large area of screen fairly close to the floor, within easy reach of kids and dogs, you can prevent them from pushing directly on the screen by screwing strips of wood or strapping across it.

Word of the Day

What is the origin of the word “blizzard”?

It may have come from the German word blitzartig, meaning “lightninglike.” The first documented use of the word “blizzard” as a reference to weather appeared in an Iowa newspaper in 1870. The article referred to a fierce snowstorm that had stared on March 14 of that year.

Puzzle of the Day

The Badger State.(Name the U.S. state!)

Wisconsin

Born

Frederick Louis Maytag (manufacturer) – 1857
Woody Guthrie (folk singer) – 1912
Gerald Ford (38th U.S. president) – 1913
Ingmar Bergman (director) – 1918
Polly Bergen (actress) – 1930
Jane Lynch (actress) – 1960
Matthew Fox (actor) – 1966
Robin Ventura (baseball player) – 1967
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden – 1977
Sean Flynn-Amir (actor) – 1989

Died

Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (politician) – 1965
Joaquin Balaguer (Latin American politician) – 2002
Nin (cat who served as the Mount Washington Observatory’s mascot for a dozen years) – 2009

Events

Louis VIII became King of France upon the death of his father– 1223
The Priestley Riots took place in Birmingham, England– 1791
The first World’s Fair to be held in the United States opened in New York City– 1853
Gold discovered in Last Chance Gulch (Helena), Montana– 1864
First ascent of the Matterhorn was completed by Englishman Edward Whymper– 1865
Enclosed tape measure that holds its place patented– 1868
John Smith patented a pure corkboard– 1891
In Germany, the Nazi party declared themselves the only political party– 1933
Mariner 4 delivered close-up photos of Mars– 1965
The International Olympic Committee voted for China to be the host of the 2008 Olympics for the first time– 2001
Kelly Ayotte became New Hampshire’s first female attorney general– 2004
In the Seaport district of Boston, Massachusetts, a 75-foot pile of snow from the winter of 2014-2015 completely melted– 2015
A human chain (a line of people holding hands) rescued a swimmer caught in a rip current in Panama City Beach, Florida– 2019

Weather

Orogrande, New Mexico, had a high temperature of 116 degrees F– 1934
113 degrees F in Sac City, Iowa– 1936
In Trinidad, Colorado, 100 soldiers were injured by flying debris and collapsed tents as winds gusted out of control during a thunderstorm– 1989
In the Seaport district of Boston, Massachusetts, a 75-foot pile of snow from the winter of 2014-2015 completely melted– 2015

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