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MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020 On This Date 1813 – Mortally wounded, Captain Quote of the Day James Lawrence, commander of the “Learning how to be still, U.S. warship Chesapeake, uttered his last words, “Don’t give up the to really be still and let life ship,” as his crew fought against happen—that stillness the British during the War of 1812. becomes a radiance.” 1939 – The Douglas DC-3, a popular ~ Morgan Freeman and reliable passenger plane, made its first flight from Chicago to New York. It also served as a Happy Birthday! transport plane during World War II and the Berlin Airlift. Morgan Freeman, born in 1937, is an American actor who found 1949 – Lawrence Welk and his fame in the 1970s band first performed as with his work on The the house orchestra for Electric Company, an the radio show High educational children’s Life Review. Two years TV show. Known for later, Welk transitioned his rich, deep voice, to television. Freeman has become a popular narrator and voice actor as well as famous for his live-action Did You Know? roles. He has been nominated for Despite an intense marketing numerous Oscars, winning the Best campaign, toy companies failed Supporting Actor award for 2004’s to duplicate the success of Million Dollar Baby. Some of his Theodore Roosevelt’s teddy other notable films include The bear with William Taft’s Shawshank Redemption, Seven, and “Billy Possum.” Driving Miss Daisy.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2020 On This Date 1924 – President Calvin Coolidge signed the Indian Citizenship Act Quote of the Day into law, granting citizenship to all “I was always that kid. Native Americans born in the U.S. When I got ice cream, 1953 – Elizabeth II was crowned I put it in my eye.” queen of England at ~ Nora Lum Westminster Abbey. She is the longest- reigning monarch in British history. The runner-up is Queen Happy Birthday! Victoria, who reigned for 63 years. Nora Lum, born in 1989, is a Korean Chinese American actress 1967 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts and rapper, who goes by the name Club Band was released in the Awkwafina professionally. The year U.S. by the Beatles. The album 2018 was big for Lum, whose role cover included a collage of famous in Crazy Rich Asians as the lead people. One of the celebrities was character’s hysterical friend gained Johnny Weissmuller. her massive laughs and a bigger place Did You Know? in the spotlight. That year, she also starred in Ocean’s 8, hosted Saturday A basic tenet that every politician Night Live, and released an album, knows is “do not put things on your In Fina We Trust. In head.” Many believe this dates back to 2019, Lum starred 1927 when advisers warned President in The Farewell. Her Calvin Coolidge that he would look most recent projects funny wearing a headdress. “Well, include Jumanji: The it’s good for people to laugh, isn’t Next Level and The it?” Coolidge replied. Little Mermaid.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 On This Date 1888 – The poem “Casey at the Quote of the Day Bat,” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco “I’ve been addicted to Examiner. The poem concludes, “But TV since I emerged there is no joy in Mudville—mighty from the womb.” Casey has struck out.” ~ Anderson Cooper 1889 – The first long-distance electric power line in the United States was completed. It ran 14 miles between a generator at Happy Birthday! Willamette Falls and downtown Anderson Cooper, born in 1967, Portland, Oregon. is an American journalist and 1965 – Astronaut Ed White became host of the CNN news program the first American to Anderson Cooper 360. Cooper is walk in space when son of legendary fashion designer he stepped outside his and heiress Gloria Vanderbilt Gemini 4 capsule for a and writer Wyatt Emory Cooper. 20-minute ramble. A self-described “news junkie,” Anderson has reported from all over Daily Trivia the world. He rose to superstardom with his tough but Kangaroos and emus rarely walk emotive coverage of backward, which is one reason the aftermath of 2005’s they appear on the Australian Hurricane Katrina in coat of arms. New Orleans. He is also a correspondent for CBS’s 60 Minutes as well as a backup anchor for Live with Kelly and Regis.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020 On This Date 1787 – Mozart buried his pet starling. Quote of the Day He was genuinely distressed about the bird’s demise. Starlings today “Taking joy in living is a are regarded as common outdoor woman’s best cosmetic.” birds, but in Europe, especially in Mozart’s day, they were raised as ~ Rosalind Russell pets and taught to warble songs. 1896 – Henry Ford made a successful Happy Birthday! test-drive of his new “quadricycle.” Rosalind Russell (1907–1976) was a stage and screen actress, perhaps best known for her role as a fast- talking reporter in the comedy His Girl Friday. She starred in the title role of Auntie Mame 1937 – Inventor and businessman both on Broadway Sylvan Goldman introduced shopping and in the film. carts in Oklahoma City. At first, Russell scored a big men considered them effeminate hit with her Tony and refused to use them. Goldman Award–winning performance in hired several construction workers Wonderful Town in 1953. She also to push the carts around the store wrote a story that became the film and demonstrate that they were The Unguarded Moment. Russell acceptable for men to use. was married to Danish American Did You Know? producer Frederick Brisson from 1941 until her death in 1976. Her In Great Britain and Australia, a autobiography, Life Is a Banquet, shopping cart is called a trolley. was published a year after her death.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 On This Date 1783 – In France, the brothers Quote of the Day Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier held the first public demonstration “I’m not interested in creating of their invention, a book that is read once the hot-air balloon. and then placed on a The unmanned flight shelf and forgotten.” lasted 10 minutes, ~ Richard Scarry reached a height of more than 6,000 feet, and traveled about a mile. Happy Birthday! 1977 – The first mass-produced Richard Scarry (1919–1994) was a personal computer, the Apple II, prolific children’s book author who went on sale for nearly $1,300. It was known for creating stories about looked more like a home appliance anthropomorphic animal characters, than today’s electronic equipment. such as Lowly Worm, Huckle Cat, Hilda Hippo, and Bananas Gorilla. 1981 – The Centers for Disease He also invented the iconic village Control and Prevention reported of Busytown, where five people in Los Angeles with a many of his books rare form of pneumonia. They were take place, which the first recognized cases of AIDS. became the basis for Did You Know? an animated series, The Busy World Before Richard Scarry illustrated of Richard Scarry. Little Golden Books, he drew maps Some of his most popular books for the U.S. Army and was fired include Tinker and Tanker, Chicken from the art department at Little, What Animals Do, and Best Vogue magazine. Storybook Ever.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2020 On This Date 1912 – The Novarupta volcano in Quote of the Day Alaska began erupting. The event lasted three days and was the “I would rather be the first most powerful eruption of the painter in common things 20th century. People in Juneau, than the second in Alaska, about 750 miles from the higher art.” volcano, heard the sound of the ~ Diego Velázquez blast—more than one hour after it occurred. Fortunately, the area of the volcano was so isolated that there were no known fatalities. Happy Birthday! 1942 – Adeline Gray, a stunt pilot, Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) was made the first live nylon parachute a 17th-century Spanish artist who jump in the U.S. Nylon quickly undertook an apprenticeship with became the favored material for painter Francisco Pacheco at age parachutes, replacing silk. 11. A decade later, he became the 1944 – The Invasion of Normandy leading court artist for King Philip IV commenced. Known as D-Day, of Spain and Portugal. the attack led to the defeat of Nazi Known for his royal Germany in May 1945. portraits as well as for scenes of real life, particularly kitchen You Don’t Say! scenes, Velázquez had a complex, realistic style, painting A golf hole is 4.25 inches in dark, rich canvases full of meaning. diameter because that was the size His 1656 work Las Meninas, or of a piece of drainpipe used to The Ladies in Waiting, is considered repair a hole at St. Andrews golf to be one of the most important course many years ago. paintings in Western art history.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 2020 On This Date 1860 – The book Malaeska, the Quote of the Day Indian Wife of the White Hunter, by Mrs. Ann Stephens, went on sale for “A strong spirit a dime. The 128-page book became transcends rules.” the first “dime novel.” ~ Prince 1929 – Vatican City became a sovereign state. At about 108.7 acres, and with a population of around 800, Happy Birthday! the nation is the smallest independent state in the world. Prince (1958–2016), who was born Prince Rogers Nelson, was the 1955 – The television quiz show iconic, innovative musician known The $64,000 Question premiered. for his impressive vocal range, It earned the No. 1 rating spot for creativity, and unique blending of the 1955–1956 season, holding the funk, rock, pop, soul, new wave, distinction of being the only television and other genres. He show to knock I Love Lucy out of wrote his first song the top spot. at age seven and 1982 – Priscilla Presley opened signed with Warner Graceland to the public. The mansion Bros. Records at 17. was Elvis Presley’s home from 1957 Prince’s numerous until his death in 1977. hits include “When Doves Cry,” “1999,” “Delirious,” Daily Trivia “Let’s Go Crazy,” and “Little Red Corvette.” Purple Rain, his 1984 Graceland is the second-most-visited film and accompanying soundtrack, house in America, with over was a huge commercial success 650,000 visitors a year; it is second and earned him an Oscar for Best only to the White House. Original Song Score.

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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2020 On This Date 1942 – The Battle of Midway ended Humor of the Day with an Allied victory. Japan lost four aircraft carriers during the “A doctor can bury his pivotal four-day sea and air battle. mistakes, but an architect 1959 – The first official U.S. can only advise his clients missile mail was launched from the to plant vines.” submarine USS Barbero, stationed ~ Frank Lloyd Wright 100 miles off the Atlantic coast. A 36- foot winged missile carried 3,000 letters. The post arrived 22 Happy Birthday! minutes later at the Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) Mayport Auxiliary Naval Station was one of the most prominent near Jacksonville, Florida. The architects of the 20th century. His letters (which had four-cent stamps colorful personal life frequently on them) included a missive to made headlines. Wright designed President Eisenhower. over 1,000 structures, and more than 500 of them were built. Fun Facts He also wrote 20 books and was a renowned One of Frank Lloyd Wright’s sons, lecturer and teacher. John, was the inventor of Lincoln In 1991, the American Logs. The idea for the toy was Institute of Architects based on his father’s design for the recognized Wright as Imperial Hotel of Tokyo. The hotel “the greatest American architect of was built on a base of interlocking all time.” He was married three times logs that made the structure and fathered seven children—four “earthquake-proof.” sons and three daughters.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2020 On This Date 1790 – The first U.S. copyright Quote of the Day for a book was granted to The Philadelphia Spelling Book. “I dropped chemistry. 1905 – Albert Einstein’s analysis of I practically blew up quantum theory and the lab in college.” its application to light ~ Patricia Cornwell was published. The article won Einstein a Nobel Prize, an honor that the theory Happy Birthday! of relativity never achieved. Patricia Cornwell, born in 1956, 1909 – A New Jersey housewife is the mystery writer began the first transcontinental drive behind the best-selling by a woman. Alice Huyler Ramsey Kay Scarpetta crime arrived in San Francisco after 59 days novels. Her heroine in her Maxwell car. is a medical examiner 1973 – Secretariat earned horse who solves murders racing’s Triple Crown. He won the using her knowledge Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths and of forensic science. These books ran 1½ miles in 2:24 flat. are thought to have inspired the current spate of science-based crime Daily Quiz shows, such as CSI: Criminal Scene Investigation and Cold Case Files. Q: How many of the 20 highest peaks Cornwell has sold over 100 million in the world are in North America? books. Her interest in the Jack the Ripper A: None. All of the 20 highest murders led Cornwell to investigate peaks in the world are in the and write a book on the infamous Himalayas in Asia. killer, Portrait of a Killer (2002).

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2020 On This Date 1909 – A Morse code SOS signal was transmitted for the first time in an Quote of the Day emergency. The dispatch was sent “I’ve never looked through by the Cunard liner RMS Slavonia, a keyhole without finding which had wrecked off the Azores. someone was looking back.” – After a day in which he 1935 ~ Judy Garland drank a beer before performing surgery, Dr. Bob Smith and his friend William G. Wilson founded Alcoholics Anonymous. Happy Birthday! 1943 – László Bíró patented the first modern ballpoint pen. Bíró was Judy Garland (1922–1969), born a Hungarian journalist. Frances Ethel Gumm, was a versatile actress, dancer, and singer whose 1947 – The Swedish company Saab career spanned 45 of her 47 years. introduced its first car, the model As a child, Judy and her sisters 92 prototype. The 92 came equipped performed in vaudeville with a two-cylinder, two-stroke engine acts. As a teenager, she that had a top speed of 62 mph. signed with MGM. The dynamic performer was Celebrity Trivia a frequent co-star of Judy Garland’s birthplace in Grand Gene Kelly and Mickey Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum. Rooney and starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (1939). She also headlined a series of record- breaking, critically acclaimed concert appearances. Garland’s album Judy at Carnegie Hall was honored with four Grammies.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2020 On This Date 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered the Great Quote of the Day Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia “The sea, once it casts its when his ship, HMS spell, holds one in its net Endeavour, collided of wonder forever.” with the coral. ~ Jacques Cousteau 1939 – FDR, his mother, and First Lady Eleanor hosted the famous “hot dog picnic” for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain. The picnic was held at Happy Birthday! Roosevelt’s retreat, “Top Cottage,” Jacques Cousteau (1910–1997) was overlooking the Hudson River a French conservationist, filmmaker, Valley. This was the first time a and scientist who explored the sea reigning British monarch had ever set and everything in it. He worked on foot on U.S. soil. dozens of books and documentaries, including his highly acclaimed The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Did You Know? Discovery and Adventure (1953). A pioneer of marine conservation, In 1887, minister Harvey Wilcox his dedication to this endeavor led and his wife Daeida to many accolades, founded Hollywood, including the National California. Liquor was Geographic Society’s banned, and free land Special Gold Medal was given to anyone in 1961 and the U.S. who agreed to build Presidential Medal of a church. Freedom in 1985.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2020 On This Date 1912 – Lillian Russell, famed actress and singer, married Quote of the Day for the fourth time “Art cannot be modern. Art is and announced that primordially eternal.” she was retiring from the stage. ~ Egon Schiele 1947 – People gathered around the radio to listen to Challenge of the Yukon for the first time. The show starred a Canadian Mountie Happy Birthday! and his trusty dog, King. The name Egon Schiele (1890–1918) was an was changed to Sergeant Preston Austrian painter who developed a of the Yukon in 1951. uniquely intense and emotive style 1979 – The Gossamer Albatross of figurative painting. In his teens, completed the first human-powered Schiele entered art school in Vienna. flight across the Disappointment in his conservative English Channel. teachers led Schiele to seek out the The aircraft flew guidance of Gustav Klimt, and he at an average quickly became the altitude of five artist’s protégé. Schiele feet with a top is known for his raw, speed of 18 mph. expressive portraits, many of which are of Ancient Sumerian Riddle himself and his wife, Edith. Tragically, both Schiele and Q: There is a house. One enters Edith, who was six months pregnant it blind and comes out at the time, succumbed to the Spanish seeing. What is it? flu pandemic. Schiele died just three A: A school days after his wife.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2020 On This Date 1777 – Nineteen-year-old Marquis Quote of the Day de Lafayette arrived in America. “Nothing is as easy as it appears Congress commissioned him a major general the following month, and he in a sitcom.” Issues that we served with distinction throughout take care of in 20 minutes on the American Revolutionary War. the show can stretch out over years in real families.” 1920 – The U.S. Post Office Department ruled that children could ~ Tim Allen not be sent by parcel post. It seems that some parents found it cheaper to ship Johnny through the mail than to buy him a train ticket. Happy Birthday! 1927 – Charles Lindbergh was Tim Allen, born in 1953, is an actor honored in New and comedian known for playing York City for his “Tim the Toolman” on the hit sitcom transatlantic flight. Home Improvement 750,000 pounds of and more recently shredded ticker tape as the father of three showered down. girls in the sitcom Last Man Standing. He also played Santa Fun Facts Clause in the popular Santa Clause trilogy Artist Andy Warhol of movies. He has appeared in many became famous for his commercials and was the voice of painting of Campbell’s Buzz Lightyear in the blockbuster soup cans. Before that, movie Toy Story. He has two children he made his living and has been married to actress Jane painting shoes for ads. Hajduk since 2006.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2020 On This Date 1777 – The Continental Congress Quote of the Day adopted a new flag featuring 13 white stars in a circle on a field of blue and “It’s a matter of taking the 13 red and white stripes—one for side of the weak against the each state. Flag Day is celebrated strong, something the best annually on this date. people have always done.” ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Happy Birthday! 1900 – Hawaii became a U.S. territory. Made a state in 1959, it consists of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896) hundreds of islands spread over 1,500 was an abolitionist miles. Honolulu is the largest city and and author. Her the state capital. Today, Hawaii has a novel Uncle Tom’s population of close to 1,500,000. Cabin (1852) was a depiction of life for 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. African Americans Eisenhower signed a bill into law under slavery that that added the words “under God” reached millions as a novel and to the Pledge of Allegiance. On this a play. It energized antislavery same day, Americans took part in forces in the American North while the first nationwide civil defense provoking widespread anger in the test against an atomic attack. South. In the years following the Civil War, Stowe campaigned for Fun Fact the expansion of married women’s Dolphins can jump as high rights. She wrote 30 books, including as 20 feet in the air. three travel memoirs.

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MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020 On This Date 1215 – King John of England signed the Magna Carta, a historic Quote of the Day agreement with his barons that protected individual liberties and “Chef’s choice is my favorite. established that not even the king was I’m super adventurous.” above the law. ~ Neil Patrick Harris 1648 – Margaret Jones was the first person executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Reportedly, she had a malignant touch that made Happy Birthday! others ill. American actor Neil Patrick Harris 1846 – The United States and was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico Britain settled a dispute concerning in 1973. He became a star as a teen the boundary between the U.S. on the ABC series Doogie Howser, and Canada by signing the Oregon M.D., in which he played a kid Treaty. The border was set at the genius who becomes a doctor at age 49th parallel of north latitude. 14. Harris landed on another hit show with 2012 – Nik Wallenda became the the role of Barney first person to successfully tightrope Stinson on How I walk directly over Niagara Falls. Met Your Mother. In Ten million people watched on 2014, he won a Tony live television. Award for Best Leading Actor in a Daily Trivia Musical for Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Harris has been a frequent American Nik Wallenda holds award show host, including for the nine Guinness World Records Tony Awards, Grammy Awards, for various acrobatic feats. and Academy Awards ceremonies.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2020 On This Date 1846 – Pope Pius IX became head Quote of the Day of the Catholic church. He was the longest-reigning pope, serving for “I was born on the prairies where more than 31 years. the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the 1909 – Glenn Hammond Curtiss sun. I was born where there sold his first airplane, the Gold Bug, to the New York Aeronautical Society. were no enclosures.” His aircraft were predominant in the ~ Geronimo interwar and World War II eras. 1956 – Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps released the song “Be-Bop-A- Happy Birthday! Lula.” It peaked at number seven on Geronimo (1829–1909) was an the U.S. Billboard music chart. Apache leader, warrior, and medicine Did You Know? man known for his resistance to the U.S. Army following the American In 1941, the army’s first parachute settlement of Apache lands in the regiment, the 501st Parachute Southwest. Although feared for Infantry Regiment, incorporated the his fierceness in combat, his name name Geronimo into its insignia, actually means “the one who yawns.” with the permission of the real Eventually, he surrendered in 1886 Geronimo’s family. after being pursued by thousands of American and Mexican troops. He spent the rest of his life as a prisoner of war, except when permitted to attend world’s fairs and Wild West shows.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2020 On This Date 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler of Quote of the Day Wallachia launched “The Night Attack” on a Turkish army, eventually “My goal was always to be forcing the legion out of Bulgaria. involved in music that would Vlad, who had a reputation for outlive me. And maybe that’s extreme cruelty, was also widely actually happening.” known as Dracula and was the inspiration for the vampire Count ~ Barry Manilow Dracula in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula. 1775 – During the Battle of Bunker Happy Birthday! Hill, surviving revolutionaries were Barry Manilow, born in 1943, is able to escape from the British a singer and songwriter who has forces due to the heroics of freed dominated the soft rock scene with a slave Peter Salem. string of top-10 hits 1942 – The army weekly newspaper, and multiplatinum Yank, coined the term “G.I. Joe” albums. A few of his in a comic strip drawn by Dave most beloved songs Breger. Other popular features in include “I Write the the newspaper included the comic Songs,” “Mandy,” strip Sad Sack and weekly pinup “Weekend in New photos of starlets. England,” “Can’t Smile Without Fun Fact You,” and “Copacabana.” His final live tour, “One Last Time, One Last A 10-gallon hat barely holds six pints. Tour,” concluded with a performance in Brooklyn on his 72nd birthday. Manilow has notched at least one Top 40 album in each of the five decades from the 1970s through the 2010s.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 On This Date 1812 – The United States issued a Quote of the Day declaration of war on Great Britain— “None of us suddenly and so began the War of 1812. The stalemate is scarcely remembered in becomes something overnight. Britain because it was overshadowed The preparations have by the far larger conflict against been in the making Napoleon Bonaparte. for a lifetime.” 1873 – Following a trial, suffragist ~ Gail Godwin Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for voting in the 1872 presidential election. She never Happy Birthday! paid the fine, and the trial gave her the Gail Godwin, born in 1937, is a opportunity to spread best-selling American author who her arguments to a grew up in Asheville, North Carolina. wider audience than The three-time National Book Award ever before. nominee is known for realistic fiction. After earning a degree in 1892 – Macadamia nuts were first journalism from the University of commercially planted in Hawaii. North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The nut is native to Australia. Godwin worked as a reporter for The Miami Herald and then lived Nutty Trivia in Europe for six years Macadamia nuts are often used before returning to the by law enforcement to simulate U.S. to study writing. crack cocaine in drug stings. When Her most acclaimed works include chopped, the nuts resemble crack A Mother and Two Daughters, A cocaine in color. Southern Family, and Flora.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 On This Date 1846 – The New York Knickerbockers, Quote of the Day organized by Alexander Cartwright, played the New York “Being a sex symbol has to Nine in the first do with an attitude, baseball game under not looks.” Cartwright’s rules. ~ Kathleen Turner 1943 – The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merged for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II. Happy Birthday! 1963 – Russian Kathleen Turner, born in 1954, is cosmonaut Valentina an American actress known for her Tereshkova returned sultry voice, fresh-faced good looks, to Earth. She was the and captivating performances. Body first woman in space. Heat, her 1981 film debut, catapulted Turner 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 to stardom. Some of was approved after surviving an 83-day her other prominent filibuster in the Senate. movie projects include Romancing the Stone and Prizzi’s Honor, for which she Celebrity Trivia won back-to-back Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress. A decade Valentina Tereshkova enrolled later, when filming Serial Mom, she in a parachute class at age 22 to began feeling ill and was eventually escape her life of poverty, and that diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. is where the Soviet space program She is also a voice actor, most notably found her. Today she is a lawmaker in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as in the Russian government. Jessica Rabbit.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2020 On This Date 1782 – The U.S. Congress adopted Quote of the Day the Great Seal. The design included “It is an old saying, an eagle with an olive branch in one talon and 13 arrows in the other. abundantly justified, that where sciences meet 1837 – Eighteen-year-old Princess there growth occurs.” Victoria became Queen Victoria of England ~ Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins following the death of her uncle, King William IV. Happy Birthday! – The film Jaws was released. 1975 Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins John Williams composed the film’s (1861–1947) was an score, which earned him an Academy English biochemist Award. The score’s main “shark” and physician. In theme, a simple alternating pattern 1929, Hopkins and of two notes, became synonymous Christiaan Eijkman with approaching danger. were awarded a Nobel Prize for the discovery of vitamins, which Hopkins initially Where in the World? named “accessory food factors.” The term vitamin comes from the You are beside the highest Q: Polish biochemist Casimir Funk, navigable lake in the world, who also studied vitamins, which watching the reed boats sailing on he called “vital amines.” Hopkins is the water. It lies between Bolivia also credited with discovering the and Peru. What lake is it? amino acid tryptophan. His daughter A: Lake Titicaca in Jacquetta Hawkes became a well- South America. known archaeologist and writer.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2020 It’s Fathers Day! Humor of the Day “I’m always open for people saying I’m wrong because most of the time I am.” On This Date ~ Prince William 1834 – Cyrus McCormick received a patent for the reaping machine, the first device to efficiently cut and Happy Birthday! gather grain in the field. Prince William, born in 1982, is 1893 – The first Ferris wheel the firstborn son of premiered at Chicago’s Columbian Prince Charles of Exposition. The attraction was Wales and the late invented by George Washington Lady Diana Spencer. Gale Ferris Jr., a bridge builder, to He is second in line to match the popularity of the Eiffel the throne of England Tower in Paris. and formally holds the title of the Duke of Cambridge. He is married 1913 – Tiny Broadwick became the to Kate Middleton, with whom he first woman to parachute from an has three young children, Prince airplane. She was nicknamed “Tiny” George, Princess Charlotte, and because she was four feet tall and Prince Louis. Prince William has weighed only 85 pounds. served in the British Army, Royal Daily Trivia Air Force, and Royal Navy. He also spent two years with the East Anglian The word nerd was first coined Air Ambulance as a helicopter by Dr. Seuss in If I Ran the Zoo, pilot. His royal duties now take him published in 1950. around the world.

MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020 On This Date 1912 – Former President Theodore Quote of the Day Roosevelt endorsed the formation of “I love silent films. The what became known future is unwritten.” as the Bull Moose Party. Its goals ~ Jim Jarmusch included increasing federal regulation in order to protect ordinary people. Happy Birthday! 1942 – A Japanese submarine (1899–1976) was shelled Fort Stevens, which Dorothy Devore a stunning silent film actress and protected Oregon at the mouth of comedian who began her career as a the Columbia River. Most rounds nightclub performer and vaudeville struck a nearby baseball field. singer. The dark-haired, five-foot, 1944 – President Roosevelt signed one-inch ingénue the G.I. Bill into law. The bill was was discovered by created to prevent a relapse into prominent director economic depression after World and film producer War II ended. Millions of veterans Al Christie, who used the educational benefits to was known for his attend college or training programs. comedic movies. You Don’t Say! Devore soon became a star with such films asKnow Thy Wife (1918), Forrest Mars, the creator of Peanut 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920), M&Ms, was allergic to peanuts. Who Cares (1925), and Señor Daredevil (1926). Devore made many of her own comedies but never successfully transitioned to “talkies” and retired in 1930.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020 On This Date 1941 – Lena Horne launched her memorable singing Quote of the Day career by recording “The triumph can’t be had “St. Louis Blues” for without the struggle.” Victor Records at age 23. She continued ~ Wilma Rudolph performing for more than five decades. 1949 – Twelve women were included in Harvard Medical School’s first Happy Birthday! co-educational graduating class. Wilma Rudolph (1940–1994) was Today, more than half of their an American Olympic students are women. gold medalist in track and field. Rudolph won 1972 – President Nixon signed the three golds at the 1960 landmark Title IX legislation into Rome games, setting law. This legislation made it easier world records in each for women to participate in sports of her winning events: the 100-meter, because any gender discrimination 200-meter, and 400-meter relay would rescind federal funding. races. The incredible sprinter wasn’t Did You Know? always so fast. As a young child, she had many serious ailments and had In 2004, astronomers discovered to overcome the toll of scarlet fever, an actual diamond in the sky. It is double pneumonia, and polio—she the compressed heart of an old star even had to wear a brace on her left and is approximately 2,500 miles leg. Undeterred, Rudolph earned her in diameter. Astronomers named place on the top of the podium and it “Lucy” after the Beatles song the nickname “Skeeter” with her “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” dedicated training and raw talent.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020 On This Date 1664 – The colony of New Jersey was founded. The colony’s name Humor of the Day was taken from the largest of the “Sweater, n.: garment worn English Channel Islands, Jersey. by child when its mother is 1812 – French Emperor Napoleon’s feeling chilly.” Grande Armée began its ill-fated invasion of Russia. About 80% of ~ Ambrose Bierce Napoleon’s force of 500,000 men died during the invasion and subsequent retreat. Happy Birthday! 1873 – Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain, received Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) a patent for a self- was a journalist, short story writer, pasting scrapbook. His and Civil War veteran. His parents innovation was to coat were a poor but literary couple who the pages with a dried instilled in him a paste that would later deep love for books be moistened to hold and writing. Bierce is the pictures. probably best known Daily Trivia for his much-quoted book The Devil’s Ambrose Bierce was the 10th of Dictionary. His short 13 children, whose father gave all stories are considered among the of them names beginning with the best of the 19th century. Several are letter A. In order of birth, the Bierce based on his Civil War experiences, siblings were Abigail, Amelia, such as “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Ann, Addison, Aurelius, Augustus, Bridge.” Bierce vanished without a Almeda, Andrew, Albert, Ambrose, trace in 1913 while reporting on the Arthur, Adelia, and Aurelia. Mexican Revolution.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020 On This Date 1876 – Lieutenant Colonel George Quote of the Day Armstrong Custer and his force of approximately 300 men died at the “Doublethink means the Battle of Little Bighorn. They faced power of holding two forces led by Chief Crazy Horse. contradictory beliefs in 1950 – North Korean forces invaded one’s mind simultaneously South Korea. In South Korea, the and accepting both war is often referred to as “the of them.” 625 war,” signifying the day the ~ George Orwell war began. Although a truce has been in effect since 1953, North and South Korea have still not signed a peace treaty. Happy Birthday! 1951 – The first commercial color TV program, called Premiere, was George Orwell (1903–1950) is among the most widely admired aired. The hour-long variety show essayists of the 20th century. The was hosted by Arthur Godfrey. English writer is best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty- Four, two novels that are critical Who Said So? of totalitarianism in “Have a drink. Just general and Stalinism a little one to lessen in particular. Orwell the differences in fought in the Spanish our characters.” Civil War and was seriously wounded. A: Nöel Coward to When told that he was lucky to have Julie Haydon in The survived, he replied, “I would be Scoundrel (1935) even luckier not to be hit at all.”

FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2020 On This Date 1797 – Charles Newbold of New Quote of the Day Jersey was granted the first U.S. patent for a cast iron plow. However, “Know that you are just local farmers rejected its use, fearing as perfect as anyone the iron might poison the soil. else—exactly as you are.” 1900 – A commission that included ~ Ariana Grande Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against the deadly Happy Birthday! yellow fever. Their efforts allowed for Ariana Grande, born in 1993, is an work on the Panama actress and multiplatinum, Grammy Canal to proceed. Award-winning singer from Boca Raton, Florida. Grande rose to 1959 – Queen Elizabeth II and fame on the Nickelodeon TV shows President Dwight Eisenhower Victorious and Sam & Cat. Her 2013 officially opened the St. Lawrence debut album Yours Seaway, creating a navigational Truly gave Grande her channel from the Atlantic Ocean to first Top 10 single, all the Great Lakes. “The Way.” Since then, Daily Trivia Grande’s popularity has skyrocketed (she’s Modern toothbrushes using nylon now one of most bristles were introduced in 1938. followed celebrities on Instagram) However, primitive forms of while racking up hit records, such as toothbrushes have existed as far My Everything, Dangerous Woman, and back as 3000 BC in the form of Thank U, Next. She also co-produced “chew sticks” that were rubbed the soundtrack to the 2019 Charlie’s against teeth. Angels film.

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2020 On This Date 1652 – New Amsterdam (now New Quote of the Day York City) imposed the first speed limit in North America, specifying “I long to accomplish a great that it was illegal for horse traffic to and noble task, but it is my gallop within the city limits. chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were 1787 – Edward Gibbon completed great and noble.” the sixth and final volume of The History of the ~ Helen Keller Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, one of the great works of history. He had Happy Birthday! been working on the Helen Keller (1880–1968) was an project for 15 years. author, activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf and blind person 1857 – Scientific American warned to graduate from college (Radcliffe, that whale oil, used for lighting, might 1904). Her childhood teacher, Anne soon run out due to overhunting. Sullivan, helped her Fortunately, kerosene proved to be learn to communicate. an adequate substitute. Keller’s inspirational Did You Know? autobiography The Story of My Life and Helen Keller’s breakthrough in the play and movie communication came when she The Miracle Worker shared her story realized that the motions her with the world. A prolific author, teacher was making on the palm Keller also campaigned for women’s of her hand, while running suffrage and workers’ rights. Her cool water over her other hand, family home in Tuscumbia, Alabama, symbolized the idea of “water.” is a museum.

SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1914 – A Serbian nationalist assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand “I went from years of and his wife in Sarajevo, Bosnia, which honing my craft to sudden had been annexed into the Austro- recognition. It was quite Hungarian empire. The sequence of a life changer.” events that ensued led to the outbreak of World War I several months later. ~ Kathy Bates 1958 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world’s longest suspension bridge at the time, was dedicated. Ceremonies Happy Birthday! began with the “Governor’s Walk” Kathy Bates, born in 1948, is an across the bridge. The bridge joined American actress known for her the upper and lower peninsulas of impressive range and a propensity the state of Michigan, reducing the for taking on compelling female crossing time from a couple of hours characters. Bates did not let herself get to just 10 minutes. discouraged when casting directors Fact or Fiction told her she wasn’t pretty enough to succeed. Instead, she excelled in Clothes that are dried outside DO every part she got. Bates has since smell better because of a process won numerous awards called photolysis. What happens is in theater, television, this: sunlight breaks down compounds and film, including an in the laundry that cause odor, such as Oscar for her chilling perspiration and body oils. portrayal of a crazed fan in the 1990 film Misery. Some of her other memorable films includeFried Green Tomatoes, Titanic, Primary Colors, and About Schmidt.

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020 On This Date 1987 – An anonymous European collector purchased Vincent van Quote of the Day Gogh’s Le Pont de Trinquetaille “The ideal of medicine is for $20.4 million at an auction in to eliminate the need London, England. of a physician.” 1995 – For the first time in history, ~ William Mayo a U.S. space shuttle linked up with a Russian space station. Atlantis and Mir remained docked until July 4th. 2007 – Apple Inc. released its first Happy Birthday! mobile phone, the iPhone. The company William James Mayo (1861–1939) has now released was one of the seven original founders many generations of of the Mayo Clinic, the prominent nonprofit academic medical center the iPhone and has located in Rochester, become one of the most Minnesota. Doctoring valuable corporations was a family trade for in the world. Mayo, who joined Expression Trivia his father, William Worrall Mayo, and During the Golden Age of his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, in shipbuilding, English landowners private practice after he completed were forbidden to fell and sell his medical training. This formed timber, as this was reserved for the basis for the Mayo Clinic, which the Royal Navy. However, this did was officially founded in 1919, and not apply to trees that were blown is now a world-renowned research down. Hence, a windfall became institution, employing thousands of a financial blessing. doctors and scientists.

TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020 On This Date 1841 – The Erie Railroad rolled out Quote of the Day its first passenger train. “It’s not the load that 1864 – Abraham Lincoln granted breaks you down, it’s Yosemite Valley to California for the way you carry it.” “public use, resort, and recreation.” ~ Lena Horne

Happy Birthday! Lena Horne (1917–2010) was an – The first Corvette rolled off 1953 American singer, dancer, and actress the Chevrolet assembly line. The who was one of the most popular price tag was $3,513 for this first entertainers of her time. She began U.S.-made fiberglass sports car. her career at age 16, joining the chorus Daily Quiz line of Harlem’s famed Cotton Club. Q: Are pandas bears? Horne then moved to Hollywood, where she pursued acting. Due to her race, her roles were limited, but her immense talent always shone in her work, including in the films Stormy Weather, Cabin A: The distinction is disputed, in the Sky, and Ziegfeld Follies. She and researchers are divided on the won two Grammies for her 1980 issue. Most say they are bears, but album and show Lena Horne: The others believe that they are more Lady and Her Music. Horne was also closely related to raccoons. a dedicated civil rights activist.