Today's Calendar
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
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) –
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–
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–