Daily Calendar for Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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
Buccaneer
The name was first given to the French settlers whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; — a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Puzzle of the Day
What is everyone doing at the same time?
Growing older.
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–
- A 0.66-pound meteorite crashed through a doctors’ office in 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–