Daily Calendar for Monday, February 12, 2024
Question of the Day
How can I loosen glued chair joints that are still tight so that I can reglue other joints that have loosened?
If the joints are stubborn, lay the chair on its side and brush the joints with warm vinegar. Or put the vinegar in a small, clean oilcan and apply it to just the right spot. It should dissolve the glue without damaging the finish. (Tip: Yellow carpenter’s glue is best for regluing a chair.)
Advice of the Day
Public opinion in this country is everything. —Abraham Lincoln
Home Hint of the Day
If you’re having a tough time pushing wood over the metal of your machines, rub the metal machine surface with beeswax. It will lubricate the sticky area and remove some of the wood resins that are causing the binding.
Word of the Day
Stratocumulus cloud
Rounded cloud mass that forms on top of a layer.
Puzzle of the Day
When may a chair be said to dislike you?
When it cannot bear you.
Born
- Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (U.S. First Lady) –
- Charles Darwin (naturalist) –
- Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. president) –
- Lorne Greene (actor) –
- Judy Blume (writer) –
- Michael McDonald (musician) –
- Josh Brolin (actor) –
- Tara Strong (voice of Bubbles on The Powerpuff Girls) –
- Jesse Spencer (actor) –
- Christina Ricci (actress) –
Died
- Ethan Allen (patriot) –
- The Earl of Dufferin (Canadian Governor General 1872 - 1878) –
- Sal Mineo (actor) –
- Eubie Blake (jazz musician) –
- Charles Schulz (Peanuts cartoonist) –
- David Groh (actor) –
- David Kelly (actor) –
- Sid Caesar (comedian & actor) –
Events
- Lady Jane Grey, a rival for the English throne, was beheaded under the rule of Queen Mary I –
- James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, Georgia –
- Gala carnival at first U.S. skating rink, Madison Square Garden, New York City –
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) formed –
- Construction began on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. –
- The Scream painting stolen, Oslo, Norway –
- 17th Olympic Winter Games opened in Lillehammer, Norway –
- Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude opened The Gates, Project For Central Park 1979-2005 in NYC’s Central Park –
- For the first time, a beagle won ‘Best in Show’ at the Westminster Kennel Club –
- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook southern Mexico –
- Figure skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman (and third woman overall) to land a triple axel at the Winter Olympic Games (which took place at PyeongChang, South Korea, that year). –
- The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35 in Super Bowl LVII –
Weather
- Forty-seven degrees below zero F, Camp Clarke, Nebraska –
- Fort Myers, Florida, had a trace of snow –
- A Northeaster left 27 inches of snow in Central Park, New York –
