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THE MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1841 – Lord Sydenham opened the first session of the first Parliament of “When you lose a couple the Province of Canada at Kingston. times, it makes you realize 1919 – British Army Captain how difficult it is to win.” John Alcock and ~ Steffi Graf Lt. Arthur Brown left St. John’s, Newfoundland, in Happy Birthday! their Vickers Vimy bomber, a two-motor biplane. This Stefanie “Steffi” Graf, born in 1969, first nonstop transatlantic flight is a German tennis champion who covered 3,100 kilometers in 16 hours retired in 1999 and now lives in Las and ended in an Irish peat bog. The Vegas, Nevada. Graf first picked up pilots won a £10,000 prize and were a racket at age three and played in knighted by King George V. her first tennis tournament two years later. She went on to win a whopping 2002 – An asteroid about 220 feet 22 Grand Slam singles titles and in diameter missed Earth by 75,000 was ranked No. 1 by the Women’s miles (one-third of the distance to Tennis Association for a record 377 the moon). The near-miss was not weeks. In 2004, Graf was inducted noticed until three days later. into the International Tennis Hall of Daily Trivia Fame. Considered one of the greatest female tennis players of all time, her Astronauts have complained that athletic, aggressive foods in space are tasteless, likely style of play is also because without gravity, the foods credited for helping do not settle on the taste buds. inspire the dynamic Some compensate by adding contemporary game strong flavors such as hot sauce. we see today. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) ONDAY UNE M , J 14, 2021 Today is No Mailing Children Day. On this day in 1913, the postmaster general of the United States officially decreed that children could no longer be sent through the mail, a practice that had actually occurred until that time! Golden Memories Root of the Matter On this day 50 years ago, Americans A stitch in time saves nine Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton When someone says a stitch in time opened the very first Hard Rock saves nine, they mean that a small Café in the Mayfair neighborhood of measure of action taken to tackle a London. Morton was no stranger to problem now will save one from the restaurant business. His family, having to confront a much larger after all, ran Morton’s Steakhouse. problem later on. This saying dates Tigrett, a Memphis-born American back to 1723 when Thomas Fuller living in London, published a collection of proverbs longed for a place entitled Gnomologia. The proverb where he could order meant that a single stitch applied to a a decent hamburger and a cold beer. small tear will prevent needing to apply With $10,000, the pair refurbished a many stitches to a much larger tear former Rolls-Royce showroom into later on. Fuller’s Gnomologia might an American rock and roll-themed have been the inspiration for Ben restaurant that served Tennessee Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack. truck stop food: burgers, shakes, fries, and apple pies. Buy a Vowel Trivial Matter _ _ B _ R G _ N _ Who was the U.S. postmaster general An eggplant law - in - after Ben Franklin? son AUBERGINE ANSWER: Richard Bache, Ben Franklin’s Franklin’s Ben Bache, Richard ANSWER: ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! .