Daily Calendar for Saturday, January 28, 2023
Question of the Day
Can I substitute another ingredient for plain yogurt in a recipe?
Yes, you can use an equal amount of buttermilk.
Advice of the Day
Remove fruit stains from your hands by rubbing with cornmeal and vinegar.
Home Hint of the Day
The old-timers used to say that if your chimney caught fire, you should allow the fire to burn itself out. Don’t listen to them. If you have a chimney fire, call the fire department immediately.
Word of the Day
Diurnal
Daily; refers to events which recur every 24 hours, such as a daily temperature cycle.
Puzzle of the Day
Why does a person who is poorly lose his sense of touch?
Because he doesn’t feel well.
Born
- Alexander Mackenzie (Canadian statesman) –
- Henry Morton Stanley (journalist & explorer) –
- Jose Marti (Cuban poet) –
- Artur Rubinstein (pianist) –
- Susan Sontag (novelist) –
- Susan Howard (actress) –
- Mikhail Baryshnikov (ballet dancer) –
- Sarah McLachlan (musician) –
- Joey Fatone (singer & actor) –
- Elijah Wood (actor) –
Died
- W. B. Yeats (poet) –
- Christa McAuliffe (selected to be the first teacher in space) –
- Harold Red" Grange" (football player) –
- Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg (American-born Canadian astronomer ) –
- Astrid Lindgren (children’s author who wrote Pippi Longstocking) –
- Elroy Crazy Legs" Hirsch" (football player) –
- Jim Capaldi (musician) –
- Cicely Tyson (actress) –
Events
- The Yale Daily News became the first daily, college newspaper in the U.S.–
- Jose Miguel Gomez was inaugurated as president of Cuba and the U.S. provisional government withdrew–
- The U.S. Coast Guard was established by Congress, combining the Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service–
- Manitoba became first province to grant women suffrage–
- Aaron Copland’s instrumental suite, Quiet City, premiered in New York–
- Leonard Bernstein conducted the premiere of his first symphony, Jeremiah, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–
- An African American student, Harvey Gantt, entered Clemson College in South Carolina, thus breaking the barrier in the last state to hold out against integration. Harvey later became the first African-American mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.–
- Barnaby Jones premiered on television–
- U.S. army officer, James Dozier, was rescued from his Red Brigade captors in Padua, Italy–
- The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe–
- The Canadian Supreme Court ruled federal restrictions on abortions violate the constitution–
- An 8-pound 12-ounce redeye bass was caught in the Apalachicola River in Florida–
Weather
- Snowstorm left 36 inches in northern Virginia–
- Knickerbocker Storm’s 28 inches of snowfall crushed Washington theater of the same name, killing over 100 movie patrons–
- Forty-six degrees below zero F at First Connecticut Lake–
- -132 degrees F windchill, in Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories–