John Chapman ( Johnny Appleseed) was born in Massachusetts on September 26, 1774. He was a legendary American pioneer and folk hero who planted apple trees across the American Frontier.
Chapman earned his nickname because he planted small orchards and individual apple trees during his travels as he walked across 100,000 square miles of Midwestern wilderness and prairie. He was a genuine and dedicated professional nurseryman known for his generous nature, his love of the wilderness, his devotion to the Bible, his knowledge of medicinal herbs, his harmony with the Indians, and his eccentric nature, too. His efforts resulted in settlersβ planting their own orchards.
John Chapman died in 1845 near his nursery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Every September, when apples are ripe, Fort Wayne hosts an annual festival to commemorate the life of Johnny Appleseed.
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
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 βplough-light,β 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
Johnny Appleseed Chapman(farmer, folk legend)β
Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon(8th premier of Quebec)β
Ivan Pavlov(physiologist)β
Arthur B. Davies(artist)β
T.S. Eliot(poet)β
George Gershwin(composer)β
Jack LaLanne(fitness guru)β
Olivia Newton-John(singer)β
Melissa Sue Anderson(actress)β
Serena Williams(tennis player)β
Died
Daniel Boone(frontiersman)β
Bessie Smith(singer)β
Robert Palmer(singer)β
Paul Newman(actor & businessman)β
Events
Parthenon partially destroyed by Venetians, Athens, Greeceβ
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 poisonousβ
The Shriners, a fraternal and charitable organization, opened its first templeβ
Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy confronted each other in the first televised presidential debateβ
The Beverly Hillbillies debuted on televisionβ
N.Y. Giant Ali Haji-Sheikh kicked a 56-yard field goalβ
Australia won the America’s Cup. It was the first time in 132 years that the U.S. did not winβ
Prairie View A&M University football team snapped 80-game losing streak
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42.1-inch-long cucumber set world recordβ
Weather
The temperature in San Diego, California, reached 111 degrees Fβ
The temperature in Los Angeles, California, reached 109 degrees Fβ
Death Valley, California, had an afternoon temperature of 104 degrees Fβ