Daily Calendar for Thursday, June 22, 2023
Question of the Day
What is cinnamon, and where is it produced?
Cinnamon is the dried inner bark of two related evergreen trees in the laurel family. One is true cinnamon, the other is cassia. The trees are native to Asia. Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices known to humankind.
Advice of the Day
Don’t marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.
Home Hint of the Day
If you’re tired of trimming grass along a stone wall, embed a line of bricks, flush with the surface, along the wall. When mowing, keep one wheel of your mower on the grass and one on the brick.
Word of the Day
Lachanophobia
Fear of vegetables
Puzzle of the Day
Spare him not (Change these words into a single word.)
Misanthrope
Born
- Paul Morphy (chess master) –
- John Dillinger (outlaw) –
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (author & aviator) –
- Billy Wilder (director) –
- Bill Blass (fashion desinger) –
- Kris Kristofferson (actor) –
- David Lander (actor) –
- Meryl Streep (actress) –
- Dan Brown (author) –
- Steven Page (musician) –
- Kurt Warner (football player) –
- Carson Daly (talk show host) –
- Donald Faison (actor) –
- Brad Hawpe (baseball player) –
Died
- Judy Garland (singer & actress) –
- Fred Astaire (dancer & actor) –
- Pat Nixon (U.S. First Lady) –
- Esther Friedman Lederer, pen name Ann Landers (Ask Ann Landers columnist) –
- Moose (the Jack Russell terrier known as Eddie on Frasier) –
- George Carlin (comedian; first to host Saturday Night Live) –
Events
- Henry Hudson, son, and 7 crew set adrift by mutineers–
- During the War of 1812, Laura Secord of Queenston hiked 18 hours to warn British of an upcoming attack–
- Adolphe Sax registered a patent for the saxophone–
- Arkansas is readmitted to the Union–
- Harry Houdini married Wilhelmina Beatrice “Bess” Rahner–
- Circus train crashed in Ivanhoe, Ind., 86 killed–
- James Christy discovered Pluto’s moon Charon–
- Ashrita Furman of New York set the record for distance traveled by pogo stick: 23.11 miles–
- Law-protected killdeer nest with 4 eggs held up prep for RBC Bluesfest in Ottawa, Ontario–
Weather
- Fergus Falls, Minnesota, was struck by a devastating tornado that killed 59 people and destroyed 400 buildings–
- Holt, Missouri, received 12 inches of rain in 42 minutes.–
- The largest recovered hailstone in the U.S. fell from the sky in Aurora, Nebraska. It measured 7 inches in diameter, had a circumference of 18.75 inches, and weighed just under 1 pound–
- Hail storm, Dublin, New Hampshire–
- The temperature reached 102 degrees Fahrenheit in Vero Beach, Florida–