Daily Calendar for Saturday, November 23, 2024
Question of the Day
What was the first network to broadcast color television programming?
It was CBS, on June 25, 1951. The show, called Premiere, starred Ed Sullivan.
Advice of the Day
A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
Home Hint of the Day
Stains in a bathtub can be removed with household (5 percent) bleach. Lay several paper towels on top of the stain and soak them with bleach, leaving the towels in place for 45 minutes. Remove them and rinse. Repeat if necessary.
Word of the Day
Bronx cheer
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.
Puzzle of the Day
Why is a pair of skates like an apple?
Because they have both caused the fall of man.
Born
- Franklin Pierce (14th U.S. president) –
- Jose Clemente Orozco (painter) –
- Boris Karloff (actor) –
- Harpo Marx (comedian & actor) –
- Bruce Hornsby (musician) –
- Dominique Dunne (actress) –
- Robin Roberts (broadcast journalist) –
- Jonathan Papelbon (baseball player) –
- Miley Cyrus (actress & singer) –
- Jordan Fry (actor) –
Died
- Walter Reed (American pathologist) –
- Roald Dahl (author) –
- Roy Acuff (country music singer) –
- Larry Hagman (actor) –
Events
- Horseshoe manufacturing machine patented–
- The water level in Lake Merced in California dropped 30 feet–
- The Intercollegiate Football Association formed–
- The first jukebox was installed in the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco–
- The first issue of LIFE debuted–
- U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARs) authorized–
- Food rationing ended–
- Newsman Dan Rather announced he would step down in March as the anchor of the CBS Evening News after nearly a quarter-century in the job–
Weather
- Berlin, New Hampshire, received 55 inches of snow–
- -38 degrees Fahrenheit, Chinook, Montana–
- Yarmouth, Massachusetts, received 14 inches of snow–
- Strasburg, Connecticut, received 6.5 inches of snow–