Daily Calendar for Sunday, December 1, 2024
“Advent Sunday is a liturgical period preceding Christmas, beginning in Western churches on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and observed by many as a season of prayer, fasting, and penitence. Advent Sunday is also called the First Sunday of Advent by Western Christian Churches. It is the first day of the liturgical year and the start of the season of Advent.”
Question of the Day
What’s the best way to prolong the life of my Christmas cactus? When the buds of a Christmas cactus look as if they’re about to open, make sure you water the plant regularly and keep it cool.
Advice of the Day
Where the sun enters, the doctor does not.
Home Hint of the Day
An old-time way of filling surface scratches in wooden furniture is to rub the scratches with a piece of walnut meat, then polish with a soft rag.
Word of the Day
Pineapple Express A strong south-westerly wind off the Pacific Ocean. This wind can bring heavy rain and flooding to the Pacific Northwest during winter.
Puzzle of the Day
What men may be said to be made from trees?
Born
William Henry Holmes (archaeologist) – 1846
Rex Stout (novelist) – 1886
David Fitzgerald Doyle (actor) – 1929
Lee Trevino (golfer) – 1939
Richard Pryor (comedian & actor) – 1940
Stephen Benton (American scientist) – 1941
Bette Midler (singer & actress) – 1945
Brad Delson (guitarist of Linkin Park) – 1977
Princess Aiko (first child of Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako) – 2001
Died
David Ben-Gurion (1st Prime Minister of Israel) – 1973
James Baldwin (author) – 1987
Eugene Bob Gregoire (first design chief of Ford, creator of the Lincoln Continental) – 2002
Capt. Edward L. Beach (author of Run Silent, Run Deep
) – 2002
Sandra Day O'Connor (first female U.S. Supreme Court justice) – 2023
Events
New York’s Erie Canal closed due to weather. – 1831
The Christmas Club savings account began – 1909
First drive-in gasoline service station opened, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – 1913
Lt. Harry Colebourn officially donated Winnie (the bear Christopher Robin Milne named his bear after) to the London Zoo – 1919
First flight of helium-filled blimp (C-7), between Virginia and D.C. – 1921
Dupree Gardens opened, Land O’ Lakes, Florida – 1940
Nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States – 1942
Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger – 1955
First 12 nations signed the Antarctic Treaty – 1959
The Antarctic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., guaranteeing peaceful international use of the continent – 1959
News anchor, Tom Brokaw, signed off after 23 years of bringing news to viewers – 2004
Astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to Earth after 6 months on the International Space Station – 2009
Weather
The Erie Canal was closed due to weather – 1831
The temperature at Kipp, Montana, rose 80 degrees over the course of the day – 1896
-25.6 degrees F, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta – 1990
