Daily Calendar for Saturday, October 25, 2025
Question of the Day
How many trees does it take to make a cord of wood?
Well, that depends, of course, on the size of the trees. Here are some examples: It would take 50 trees 4 inches in diameter, 10 trees 8 inches in diameter, or 3 trees 14 inches in diameter to make a cord of wood.
Advice of the Day
Stand on your head underwater to cure a cold.
Home Hint of the Day
To avoid termite attacks, make sure that wooden siding and other wooden structural elements do not come into contact with the soil. A distance of 18 inches between soil and house parts is fairly standard today.
Word of the Day
Evening star
A planet that is above the western horizon at sunset and less than 180° east of the Sun in right ascension.
Puzzle of the Day
Why are two pints of strawberries after they are eaten like persons singing?
They are a quart-et (eaten).
Died
- Geoffrey Chaucer (poet) –
- Ariel Durant (historian) –
- Vincent Price (actor) –
- Sen. Paul Wellstone (Minnesota congressman) –
- Richard Harris (actor) –
- Nigel Davenport (actor) –
Born
- Johann Strauss, the Younger (composer; The Blue Danube) –
- Georges Bizet (composer) –
- John Francis Dodge (manufacturer) –
- Pablo Picasso (Spanish painter ) –
- Minnie Pearl (comedienne & singer) –
- John Berryman (poet) –
- Marion Ross (actress) –
- Anne Tyler (author) –
- Ed Robertson (musician) –
- Pedro Martinez (baseball pitcher) –
- Katy Perry (singer) –
- Ciara (singer) –
Events
- George III became King of Great Britain –
- Leslie L. Curtis granted a U.S. patent for an air brush device –
- S.S. Princess Sophia sank near Juneau, Alaska –
- Carlsbad Caverns National Monument established in New Mexico –
- Archibald J. Turner was granted a patent for a football shoulder pad –
- Ken Jennings passed the $2 million mark on Jeopardy!, shattering his previous $1 million record set July 13, 2004 –
- Hideki Okajima of the Boston Red Sox became the first Japanese-born pitcher to play in a World Series game –
