Daily Calendar for Monday, September 26, 2022
Question of the Day
How can I get stains off my cookie sheets and other baking pans?
If your pans are slightly tarnished aluminum, clean them with a solution of hot soapy water and a little ammonia. Then wipe dry, rub with salt, and polish with a soft, dry cloth. For other kinds of stains, you can boil the pans (if you can find a pot big enough) with some water and grapefruit or lemon rinds for about 30 minutes. The acid in the fruit will remove the stains.
Advice of the Day
Counsel is no command.
Home Hint of the Day
To clean discolored glass, soak it in vinegar with the contents of a tea bag, then wash and rinse.
Word of the Day
Midsummer Day
June 24. Although it occurs near the summer solstice, to the farmer this day is the midpoint of the growing season, halfway between planting and harvest and an occasion for festivity. The English church considered it a “Quarter Day,” one of the four major divisions of the liturgical year. It also marks the feast day of St. John the Baptist.
Puzzle of the Day
To half your wish, add half your fear; And lo, a partner will appear.(Guess the word!)
Wife
Born
- Johnny Appleseed Chapman (farmer, folk legend) –
- Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon (8th premier of Quebec) –
- Ivan Pavlov (physiologist) –
- Arthur B. Davies (artist) –
- T.S. Eliot (poet) –
- George Gershwin (composer) –
- Jack LaLanne (fitness guru) –
- Olivia Newton-John (singer) –
- Melissa Sue Anderson (actress) –
- Serena Williams (tennis player) –
Died
- Daniel Boone (frontiersman) –
- Bessie Smith (singer) –
- Robert Palmer (singer) –
- Paul Newman (actor & businessman) –
Events
- Parthenon partially destroyed by Venetians, Athens, Greece–
- On the steps of the Salem, New Jersey courthouse, Colonel Robert Johnson bit into a tomato in order to prove wrong the long-lasting theory that tomatoes were poisonous–
- The Shriners, a fraternal and charitable organization, opened its first temple–
- Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy confronted each other in the first televised presidential debate–
- The Beverly Hillbillies debuted on television–
- N.Y. Giant Ali Haji-Sheikh kicked a 56-yard field goal–
- Australia won the America’s Cup. It was the first time in 132 years that the U.S. did not win–
- 42.1-inch-long cucumber set world record–
Weather
- The temperature in San Diego, California, reached 111 degrees F–
- The temperature in Los Angeles, California, reached 109 degrees F–
- Death Valley, California, had an afternoon temperature of 104 degrees F–