Daily Calendar for Saturday, June 1, 2024
Question of the Day
What is the traditional gift for a 15th wedding anniversary?
Crystal is traditionally given on this anniversary. The contemporary equivalent is a watch.
Advice of the Day
Wear a necklace of nutmeg to remove freckles or cold sores.
Home Hint of the Day
To freshen a garbage disposal, dump in a tray of ice cubes made from vinegar and water, then turn on the water and run the disposal as usual.
Word of the Day
Wisconsin
Wisconsin was probably named from a Chippewa word that means βriver of red stoneβ or βriver of the great rock.β
Puzzle of the Day
What can run but never walks, Has a mouth but never talks, Has a bed but never sleeps, Has a head but never weeps?
A river
Born
- Francis Edgar Stanley (American inventor) β
- Freelan Oscar Stanley (American inventor) β
- Marilyn Monroe (actress) β
- Andy Griffith (actor) β
- Pat Boone (singer) β
- Morgan Freeman (actor) β
- Teri Polo (actress) β
- Heidi Klum (model) β
- Alanis Morissette (singer & songwriter) β
Died
- James Buchanan (15th U.S. president) β
- Leslie Howard (actor) β
- Helen Keller (blind, deaf, and mute author) β
- Yves Saint Laurent (fashion designer) β
- Julian and Adrian Riester (92-year-old identical twin friars died hours apart, each from heart failure) β
- Ann B. Davis (actress) β
Events
- Earthquake shook Plymouth, MAβ
- Kentucky admitted into the Union as the 15th stateβ
- Tennessee admitted into the Union as the 16th stateβ
- Captain James Lawrence ordered crew, Don’t give up the ship!β
- A lake appeared this month in Salton Sink, Colorado Desert, Californiaβ
- Corning Glass Works in N.Y. announced the invention of photosensitive glassβ
- The Cable News Network (CNN) made its debutβ
- Thirteen-year old Katharine Close spelled βursprache” correctly to win the 79th Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. She was the first champion ever from New Jerseyβ
Weather
- Hail up to four inches in diameter fell in parts of Maine during a series of severe thunderstorms across central and northern New Englandβ
- Thirty-nine degrees F in Springfield, Illinoisβ
- An EF-3 tornado caused extensive damage from Westfield to Charlton, Massachusettsβ
- 1β snow, Delta Junction, Alaskaβ