By Kiesly Jameson
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Karan Brar (born January 18, 1999) is an American actor. He portrayed Chirag Gupta in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film franchise and Ravi Ross on the Disney Channel Original Series Jessie and its subsequent spin-off Bunk’d.
Karan Brar was born on January 18, 1999, in Redmond, Washington, to parents who are of Punjabi ancestry.
Brar began his acting career at the age of 11, starring as Indian middle schooler Chirag Gupta in the comedy feature film Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Brar naturally speaks with an American accent and worked with a dialect coach to perfect his Indian accent for the role.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
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
Keelhaul
To 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) –
- Ruben Dario (poet) –
- A. A. Milne (author) –
- Oliver Hardy (comedian) –
- Cary Grant (actor) –
- Danny Kaye (actor) –
- Curt Flood (baseball player) –
- Bobby Goldsboro (singer) –
- Kevin Costner (actor) –
- Karan Brar (actor) –
Died
- John Tyler (10th U.S. president) –
- Rudyard Kipling (author) –
- Curly Howard (actor, best known as one of The Three Stooges) –
- Robert B. Parker (author of mysteries; Mr. Parker died at his writing desk, working on a book) –
- Glenn Frey (musician; founding member of The Eagles) –
- David Crosby (singer, songwriter ) –
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. –
- John Winthrop documented the first known unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings in North America –
- Two lights formed a manlike shape and arose out of the water in Boston –
- Eugene Ely proved that planes could land safely on ships –
- Ice in the in the Weddell Sea trapped Antarctic explorer E. Shackleton’s ship Endurance until she sank on November 21 –
- The first session of the Paris Peace Conference to end WWI was held –
- NY Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell debuted on radio –
- First around-the-world, nonstop flight by jet concluded –
- The Dow Jones industrial stock average first passed the 1,000 mark –
- Yellowknife became capital of the Northwest Territories –
- The cause of Legionnaires’ disease (Legionellosis) identified as bacteria –
- 211-pound striped marlin caught near Red Hill, Hawaii –
- 4-lb. 8-oz. Heller’s barracuda caught, Molokai, Hawaii –
- A half pound meteorite crashed through the office of Dr. Frank Ciampi, Lorton, Virginia –
- A 0.66-pound meteorite crashed through a doctors’ office in Lorton, Virginia –
Weather
- Ice in the in the Weddell Sea trapped Antarctic explorer E. Shackleton’s ship Endurance until she sank on November 21 –
- Twenty-seven degrees below zero F, Watts, Oklahoma –
- 95 degrees F in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, California –
- Twenty-nine degrees below zero F in Concord, New Hampshire –
- Fifty-four degrees below zero F in Embarrass, Minnesota –
- NASA and NOAA announced that 2016 was hottest year globally on record –
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