Daily Calendar for Thursday, October 23, 2025
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Thursday, October 23, 2025
Question of the Day
When was the vaccine for rabies invented, and who was the inventor?
Louis Pasteur cured a nine-year-old boy, Joseph Meister, with the vaccine he developed in 1885.
Advice of the Day
The swallows leave San Juan Capistrano, California, today.
Home Hint of the Day
Capping a chimney can make cleaning difficult and force the flames of a chimney fire down toward the roof, so install a chimney cap only if you have severe water or downdraft problems.
Word of the Day
Morning star
A planet that is above the eastern horizon at sunrise and less than 180° west of the Sun in right ascension.
Puzzle of the Day
How many hard-boiled eggs can a man eat on an empty stomach?
One, because after he has eaten it, his stomach will not be empty.
Born
- Francis Hopkinson Smith (author) –
- John William Heisman (football player) –
- William David Coolidge (physicist) –
- Gertrude Ederle (first woman to swim the English Channel) –
- Johnny Carson (comedian & television host) –
- Pele (soccer player) –
- Michael Crichton (author) –
- Weird Al Yankovic (musician) –
- Doug Flutie (football player) –
- Ryan Reynolds (actor) –
- Masiela Lusha (actress, author) –
Died
- Zane Grey (author) –
- Adolph Green (author & lyricist) –
- Madame Chiang Kai-shek (became one of the world’s most famous women as she helped her husband fight the Japanese during World War II and later the Chinese Communists) –
- Robert Merrill (baritone) –
Events
- 25,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote –
- Charlie Chaplin married Mildred Harris –
- Researchers at the University of Toronto announced the development of an electronic cardiac pacemaker –
- Cumberland mine disaster –
- Garfield the Cat’s lovable teddy bear, Pooky, made his comic strip debut –
Weather
- Flood “swept all the fences off” in Newbury, Vermont –
- Newbury, Vermont, received 12 inches of snow, which stayed until spring –
- 1 foot of snow fell in Haverhill, New Hampshire –
- A hurricane hit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –
- A tornado hit Cass County, Indiana, around mid-afternoon –
- Major flooding occurred in Chickasha, Oklahoma –
- The Neches River in southeast Texas was 8 feet above flood stage due to heavy rain –
- Hurricane Patricia, a Category 5, became the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Western hemisphere, with maximum sustained winds near 200 mph. –