Daily Almanac for Friday, September 27, 2024

By Nicole Bernard

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Former teen hearthrob Shaun Cassidy, is 66 today. Here he is singing at the Ohio State Fair 25 August 1979. This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Columbus Metropolitan Library as part of a cooperation project. Public Domain, https commons.wikimedia.org

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

Shaun Paul Cassidy (born September 27, 1958) is an American singer, actor, writer, and producer. He has created and/or produced a number of television series including American GothicRoar and Invasion. Cassidy was also an executive producer and writer for NBC’s medical drama New Amsterdam.[1]

While in high school, Cassidy signed a contract with Warner Bros. Records, leading to his albums Shaun CassidyBorn LateUnder WrapsRoom Service, and Wasp. Almost concurrently, Cassidy starred in the ABC television series The Hardy Boys Mysteries, as well as Breaking Away and had a stint on the daytime soap General Hospital.

While appearing on Broadway in the hit musical drama Blood Brothers, he wrote his first television pilot, American Gothic. In 2020, Cassidy returned to the stage with his one-man show The Magic of a Midnight Sky. Cassidy is the eldest son of Academy Award–winning actress Shirley Jones and Tony Award-winning actor Jack Cassidy. He is the younger half-brother of David Cassidy.

Cassidy grew up in Los Angeles, California and New York City; he is the son of Shirley Jones and Jack Cassidy. In addition to an elder half-brother, David Cassidy, he has two younger brothers, Patrick and Ryan Cassidy. He attended boarding school in Bucks County, Pennsylvania at the Solebury School in Solebury Township, and graduated from Beverly Hills High School.

Cassidy has been married three times and has eight children. His first wife was Ann Pennington, a model and former Playboy playmate; she and Cassidy married in 1979 and divorced in 1993. From this marriage Cassidy has a daughter, Caitlin (b. 1981); a son, Jake (born 1985); and a stepdaughter, Jessica (born 1970).

He married actress Susan Diol in 1995. They have one daughter, Juliet (born 1998), and divorced in 2003.

He has been married to producer Tracey Lynne Turner since August 28, 2004. They have four children: Caleb (born 2005), Roan (born 2006), Lila (born 2008), and Mairin (born 2011).

TODAY’S ALMANAC

Question of the Day

What should I do in the fall to care for my strawberry plants?

After a few freezes, cover the plants with four to six inches of straw or other weed-free organic mulch. If you have mild, wet winters, you can skip the mulch and use a floating row cover.

Advice of the Day

Two sparrows on the same ear of corn are not long friends.

Home Hint of the Day

To clean a dirty television screen, wipe the screen with alcohol on a clean rag.

Word of the Day

Plough Monday

The first Monday after Epiphany and Plough Sunday was so called because it was the day that men returned to their plough, or daily work, at the end of the Christmas holiday. It was customary for farm laborers to draw a plough through the village, soliciting money for a “plough-light,” which was kept burning in the parish church all year. In some areas, the custom of blessing the plough is maintained.

Puzzle of the Day

Often we are covered with wisdom and wit, and oft with a cloth where the dinner guests sit; In beauty around you and over your head, we are countless, though numbered when bound to be read. (What is being described?)

Leaves

Born

  • Samuel Adams (patriot) – 
  • Peter Joseph von Cornelius (painter) – 
  • Thomas Nast (cartoonist) – 
  • Catherine Marshall (writer) – 
  • William Conrad (actor) – 
  • Arthur Penn (director) – 
  • Wilford Brimley (actor) – 
  • Shaun Cassidy (singer) – 
  • Clara Hughes (cyclist) – 
  • Gwyneth Paltrow (actress) – 
  • Avril Lavigne (singer) – 

Died

  • Adelina Patti (opera singer; namesake of the song You’re the Flower of My Heart Sweet Adeline) – 
  • Engelbert Humperdinck (German composer) – 
  • Donald O’Connor (song and dance man) – 
  • William Safire (political columnist, language maven) – 

Events

  • Breakthrough in deciphering the Rosetta Stone announced– 
  • SS Arctic and SS Vesta collided in the North Atlantic– 
  • The Tonight Show made its television debut with Steve Allen as host– 
  • The Warren Commission Report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy issued– 
  • Two men, Jeffrey Petkovich and Peter Debernardi, went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. They were the first pair ever to go over the falls and live. They were charged with unlawfully performing the stunt– 
  • Mark McGwire hit his 69th and 70th home runs– 
  • Dawn spacecraft launched, Cape Canaveral, Florida– 

Weather

  • Unripened corn in much of New England was killed by a severe black frost– 
  • Winds gusted to 115 mph on Long Island; 109 mph in Chatham, Massachusetts; and 100 mph in Milton, Massachusetts– 
  • Hurricane Gloria made landfall near Fire Island, New York, and then crossed the Connecticut coastline– 
  • A rare waterspout was seen in Long Island Sound, New York, off Smithtown Bay– 
  • Los Angeles, California, reached a record high temperature of 113 degrees F– 

 

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