Daily Calendar for Saturday, August 8, 2026
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Saturday, August 8, 2026
Question of the Day
Can I make my new copper weather vane look like an old one?
If you’re looking for that green-tint effect, an effective method is to bury the vane in a pile of manure for two weeks — but you may have some explaining to do to your neighbors.
As an alternative, you can try soaking or spraying the copper with a solution of salt and vinegar. Over time, the surface will turn a greenish blue. When it reaches the color you like (hours to days), remove it from the solution (if soaking). You might want to then rinse, dry, and apply a sealant.
Advice of the Day
Broad fingernails indicate a gentle, timid, and bashful nature.
Home Hint of the Day
To keep leather furniture supple, apply a good leather dressing (such as neat’s-foot oil or saddle soap) with a soft cloth. Let it sit for 2 hours or so, then wipe off any excess. For a glossy finish, apply a neutral shoe polish and buff.
Word of the Day
Horse latitudes
Either of two belts of latitudes located over the oceans at about 30° to 35° north and south, having high barometric pressure, calms, and light, changeable winds.
Puzzle of the Day
The Grand Canyon State.(Name the U.S. state!)
Arizona
Born
- Matthew Henson (explorer) –
- Ernest Lawrence (American physicist; born in Canton, South Dakota) –
- Benny Carter (musician) –
- Dustin Hoffman (actor) –
- Connie Stevens (singer & actress) –
- David Evans (The Edge, guitarist in the band U2) –
- JC Chasez (singer) –
- Drew Lachey (singer) –
- Shawn Mendes (musician) –
Died
- Shirley Jackson (author) –
- Louise Brooks (actress) –
- James Irwin (astronaut) –
- Barbara Bel Geddes (actress) –
- Patricia Neal (actress) –
Events
- Performer Signor Guillermo Farini’s stilts got caught as he walked the rapids above Niagara Falls –
- Thomas Edison received a patent for his mimeograph (an early paper copying machine) –
- U.S. patent #1,000,000 issued for an improved vehicle tire –
- Canada’s Hundred Days began, WWI –
- The German airship Graf Zeppelin began an around-the-world flight –
- Florence Chadwick swam English Channel in 13 hours 20 minutes –
- The Glasgow to London mail train was stopped at Sears Crossing, and robbed of over two-and-a-half million pounds. The incident became known as The Great Train Robbery –
- President Richard Nixon announced his resignation –
- Garfield’s sidekick, Odie, made his comic strip debut –
- Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor –
- First red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus) ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere spotted at Katama Airfield, Edgartown (Martha’s Vineyard), Massachusetts, by E. Vernon Laux –
Weather
- Michigan received 6 inches of snow and slush –
- Tornado touched down in Brooklyn, New York –