Daily Calendar for Friday, January 20, 2023
Question of the Day
What is the red tide that occurs on ocean coasts?
A red tide is a bloom of dinoflagellates that turns the ocean water red. Certain dinoflagellates produce toxins that can kill fish and contaminate shellfish, making the shellfish inedible.
Advice of the Day
Wear gold earrings on your wedding day to ensure wedded bliss.
Home Hint of the Day
To sand moldings or other curved surfaces, make a cylindrical sand pad by slitting a short length of hose or plastic pipe, then wrapping the sandpaper around the hose and tucking the ends in the slit.
Word of the Day
Horse latitudes
Either of two belts of latitudes located over the oceans at about 30° to 35° north and south, having high barometric pressure, calms, and light, changeable winds.
Puzzle of the Day
Why is coffee like an ax with a dull edge?
It must be ground before being used.
Born
- Samuel Keefer (first Canadian Chief Engineer of Public Works) –
- George Burns (comedian & actor) –
- Joy Adamson (author of Born Free) –
- Patricia Neal (actress) –
- Edwin Buzz" Aldrin" (astronaut) –
- John Naber (swimmer) –
- James Denton (actor) –
- Rainn Wilson (actor) –
Died
- John Ruskin (art critic) –
- Alan Freed (disc jockey) –
- Audrey Hepburn (actress) –
- David Fathead" Newman" (jazz musician) –
- Etta James (singer) –
- Naomi Parker Fraley (inspiration for the 1943 “We Can Do It!” Westinghouse poster ) –
Events
- First major U.S. geology book debuted–
- U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower was lassoed by a cowboy at the inauguration parade–
- In Montreal, censors withdrew The Wild Ones from cinemas claiming it inspired violence among youth–
- John F. Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th U.S. president–
- Ronald Reagan was sworn in as the 40th U.S. president–
- Ronald Reagan was privately sworn in for his second term as U.S. president. The public ceremony was held the following day–
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time–
- George H. W. Bush was sworn in as the 41st U.S. president–
- Solar activity knocked out Telesat Canada’s satellites Anik E-1 and E-2, affecting TV, radio, and phones–
- National Hockey League season began after 103-day lockout.–
- George W. Bush was sworn in as the 43rd U.S. president–
- Bode Miller won his 28th World Cup victory, the most ever for an American alpine skier–
- Barack Hussein Obama took the oath of office and became the first African American U.S. president–
- A 6.1-magnitude aftershock struck Haiti, eight days after a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake–
- 74-pound striped bass caught near Cape Henry, Virginia–
- Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the United States–
- Joe Biden was sworn is as the 46th president of the United States–
Weather
- The temperature at Boca, California, hit -45 degrees F–
- Rogers Pass, Montana, set the record lowest temperature for the continental United States of -69.7F.–
- Two feet of snow fell in New Hampshire in what became known as the “Kennedy Inaugural Storm,” which hit the East Coast–