Daily Calendar for Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Question of the Day
Who was the youngest baby with teeth?
According to The Guinness Book of Records, in 1970 a six-week-premature baby born in Denmark had eight teeth at birth, four of which were in the molar region.
Advice of the Day
A baby born with an open hand will prove generous.
Home Hint of the Day
Humidity helps keep wood and furniture from drying out. To add humidity to the air, place a kettle of water on the wood stove. Be careful not to let the kettle boil dry.
Word of the Day
Phenology
The study of natural periodic events in the life-cycle of plants (and animals).
Puzzle of the Day
Which is heavier, a half or a full Moon?
The half, because the full Moon is twice as light.
Born
- John Deere (farm equipment manufacturer) β
- Charles Dickens (author) β
- Laura Ingalls Wilder (author) β
- Sinclair Lewis (novelist) β
- James Spader (actor) β
- Garth Brooks (musician) β
- Chris Rock (comedian & actor) β
- Steve Nash (basketball player) β
- Ashton Kutcher (actor) β
- Tina Majorino (actress) β
Died
- Doug Henning (magician) β
- Dale Evans (actress) β
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (aviator & author) β
- Richard Hatch (actor, writer, producer) β
Events
- Madame Francisquy Hutin first introduced ballet in the U.S. when she staged The Deserter at the Bowery Theater in New York City β
- American Guernsey Cattle Club founded, in New York Cityβ
- Fire began that destroyed 1,526 buildings, Baltimore, Marylandβ
- Aviatrix Amelia Earhart wed George Putnamβ
- Walt Disney’s movie Pinocchio debutedβ
- Shoe rationing was announced in the United States in response to the shortage of leather during World War II. Citizens were restricted to three pairs of new shoes a year until 1945β
- U.S. astronaut, Bruce McCandless II, became the first human to fly in space with a jet backpack while untethered to a spacecraftβ
- Stardust probe launched, Cape Canaveral, Floridaβ
- Ellen MacArthur set a new world record by sailing around the world in 71 days, 14 hours, 18 minutes and 33 seconds β
Weather
- Gouverneur, New York, recorded a temperature of -40 degrees Fβ
- Snow accumulated a foot deep, Berrien County, Michiganβ