Daily Calendar for Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Question of the Day
In what year did Charles Dickens write A Christmas Carol?
Dickens wrote the story in 1843.
Advice of the Day
Place a vinegar-soaked brown bag on sprains to ease the pain and aid recovery.
Home Hint of the Day
To get the odor of cat urine out of a carpet, sprinkle baking soda on the area. Leave it on for several hours, then vacuum it up. If necessary, repeat the process with fresh baking soda.
Word of the Day
Dink
A soft return in tennis. The tennis ball will drop abruptly after crossing the net.
Puzzle of the Day
What stones are never seen together?
Milestones
Born
- Clarence Birdseye (businessman) –
- Jean de Brunhoff (author of Babar books) –
- Kirk Douglas (actor) –
- Redd Foxx (actor) –
- Dame Judi Dench (actress) –
- Beau Bridges (actor) –
- John Malkovich (actor) –
- Donnie Osmond (entertainer) –
- Jesse Metcalfe (actor) –
- Simon Helberg (actor) –
Died
- Paul Simon (5-term Democratic congressman and 2-term senator from Illinois who ran unsuccessfully for presidential nomination in 1988) –
- Georgia Gibbs (singer) –
- Gene Barry (actor) –
Events
- Robert Cushman gave first known sermon in the United States, in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts –
- Noah Webster established The American Minerva, NY’s first daily newspaper –
- Canada’s first coin club, Numismatic Society of Montreal, formed –
- Lincoln letter sold for $748,000 –
- First Heisman Trophy awarded to Jay Berwanger –
- Quebec adopted a new coat of arms –
- British troops opened their first major offensive in North Africa during World War II –
- Bob Waterfield became the first professional football player to kick 5 field goals in one game –
- Public debut of the computer mouse, in San Francisco –
- Marguerite d’Youville became first Canadian-born saint –
- Twin polar bear cubs were born at the Hellabrunn Zoo, Munich, Germany –
Weather
- It was 61 degrees F in Boston at 1:00 A.M. –
