Daily Calendar for Saturday, November 29, 2025
Question of the Day
In Homer’s Iliad and Sophocles’ Ajax, who is identified as Ajax’s brother, and what does he do?
His name is Teucer, half brother and faithful comrade of Ajax. Teucer was considered the greatest archer of the Trojan War.
Advice of the Day
To cure insomnia, eat raw onions.
Home Hint of the Day
To remove lead pencil marks from fabric, try rubbing with a clean, soft eraser.
Word of the Day
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a 1 to 5 rating based on a hurricane’s intensity. It is used to estimate a hurricane’s potential impact on coastal areas, including property damage and flooding. Wind speed, measured using a 1-minute average, is the determining factor in the scale.
Category 1: wind speeds 74-95 mph
Category 2: wind speeds 96-110 mph
Category 3: wind speeds 111-130 mph
Category 4: wind speeds 131-155 mph
Category 5: wind speeds over 155 mph
Category 1: wind speeds 74-95 mph
Category 2: wind speeds 96-110 mph
Category 3: wind speeds 111-130 mph
Category 4: wind speeds 131-155 mph
Category 5: wind speeds over 155 mph
Puzzle of the Day
What sort of face does an auctioneer like best?
One that is for-bidding.
Born
- Wendell Phillips (abolitionist crusader) –
- Morrison Remick Waite (Chief Justice) –
- Louisa May Alcott (author) –
- Sir John Ambrose Fleming (physicist) –
- C. S. Lewis (novelist) –
- Merle Travis (musician) –
- Dilhan Eryurt (Turkish astrophysicist) –
- John Mayall (musician) –
- Chuck Mangione (musician) –
- Suzy Chaffee (Olympic skier) –
- Garry Shandling (comedian) –
- Joel Coen (director, producer, & writer) –
- Howie Mandel (comedian, actor, & television host) –
- Andrew McCarthy (actor) –
- Don Cheadle (actor) –
- Anna Faris (actress) –
- Chadwick Boseman (actor) –
Died
- Sir Charles Stanley (4th Viscount Monck; first governor-general of Canada) –
- Natalie Wood (actress) –
- Cary Grant (actor) –
- George Harrison (musician; member of The Beatles) –
- John D. Barrymore (actor) –
- Wendie Jo Sperber (actress) –
Events
- Committee of Secret Correspondence organized by 2nd Continental Congress –
- Fire destroyed much of Maryland Agricultural College, in College Park, Maryland –
- Richard E. Byrd and pilot Bernt Balchen, in the Floyd Bennett, were first to fly over the South Pole –
- Doctors Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas performed the first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome –
- The first helicopter hoist rescue took place, at Penfield Reef, Connecticut –
- Kukla, Fran and Ollie debuted on television –
- Enos became the first chimp to orbit Earth –
- President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy –
- English was used for the first time during a U.S. Catholic Mass. –
- Pong, a coin-operated video game, debuted –
- Megamouth shark caught off Catalina Island, California –
- Ensemble of 1,013 cellists played in Kobe, Japan, setting world record –
Weather
- Major Henry Hitchcock, during Sherman’s March, Georgia, wrote: “Weather so warm that I could not wear any cape after 10 a.m. Afternoon perfectly lovely and tonight beautiful starlight: Atmosphere dense and smoke from campfires hangs low.” –
- Nine inches of snow fell on New York City –
