Daily Calendar for Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Why does the soil of my houseplants get moldy?

It’s probably not mold but algae, carried by spores in the air or water. Loosen the dirt in your pots periodically.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

To help keep a pet free of fleas and ticks, add 1 teaspoon of vinegar to each quart of the animal’s drinking water.

Friggatriskaidekaphobia

The fear of Friday the 13th.

The Beaver State.(Name the U.S. state!)

Oregon

Albert Schweitzer (physician) – 1965
Irene Dunne (actress) – 1990
Steve Irwin (died from a stingray barb wound to the chest while filming a documentary) – 2006
Joan Rivers (comedienne) – 2014
Willard Scott (television weatherman) – 2021

Los Angeles founded by Spanish settlers – 1781
Russian decree issued concerning Northwest America – 1821
Ten-year-old Barney Flaherty became first newsboy in the U.S. He worked for New York Sun – 1833
George Eastman received a patent for the roll-film camera – 1888
First transit of McClure Strait (Northwest Passage) made by the US Navy icebreaker, Burton Island and US Coast Guard icebreaker, Northwind – 1954
Ford Motor Company introduced the Edsel – 1957
U.S. swimmer, Mark Spitz, became the first person to win seven gold medals in a single Olympics – 1972
Bob Barker began hosting The Price is Right – 1972
Thieves stole $2 million in art from Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – 1972
A 127-pound cabbage won a prize at the Alaska State Fair – 2009
A 50-year overdue library book, The United States in World War I, was returned to the Lexington, Kentucky, public library. – 2018

Washington, D.C., got 4.4 inches of rain in 2 hours – 1939
A tornado struck Minneapolis, Minnesota – 1941
Tropical storm Delia dumped very heavy rain on Galveston, Texas, resulting in flooding – 1973
A strong dust devil whirled across the Flagstaff Pulliam Airport in Arizona, flipping a Cessna 182 plane and scattering papers in the National Weather service office. – 1986