THE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2020 On This Date 1800 – Spain sold the North Quote of the Day American territory of Louisiana to “My forte is awkwardness.” France. Just three years later, France sold the territory to the United States. ~ Zach Galifianakis 1960 – In Toronto, the O’Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts (later the Hummingbird Centre, now Meridian Happy Birthday! Hall) opened with the premiere of Zach Galifianakis, born in 1969, Camelot, featuring Robert Goulet is an actor and comedian from as Sir Lancelot. The venue is now a Wilkesboro, North Carolina. He Toronto heritage building. started out with a series of popular comedy shows, including a Comedy 1982 – EPCOT Center opened at Central Presents stand-up special Walt Disney World near Orlando, and VH1’s Late World with Zach in Florida. The park is represented by the early 2000s. He Spaceship Earth, a geodesic sphere. hit it big with his Did You Know? hilariously oddball portrayal of the Owls cannot move their eyes, but tagalong brother in they can rotate their heads up to the 2009 film The 270 degrees. They cannot turn Hangover. Since their heads all the way around. then, Galifianakis has appeared in numerous movies including Birdman and The Lego Batman Movie, and on TV shows including Baskets and his talk show, Between Two Ferns. He’s married to Quinn Lundberg, cofounder of the charity Growing Voices. They have two sons. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) HURSDAY CTOBER T , O 1, 2020 Today is International Music Day. First declared in 1975, this holiday celebrates the role of music in our lives. Music is a big part of religious ceremonies, civic gatherings, and the identities of many cultural groups. Root of the Matter You Are What You Eat Down to the wire Spain is known for its flan, that If something comes down to the wire, creamy, baked, egg custard dessert it means that the outcome was unable topped with caramel. Brazil enjoys to be decided until the very last its own version, known as pudim. moment. This expression comes from The dish is terribly simple to make horse racing. To help determine a and requires only four ingredients: winner in close races, a sweetened condensed milk, regular wire was hung across the milk, eggs, and sugar. While many finish line, which allowed hail Brazil’s pudim as superior to officials to better see Spain’s flan, other countries beg to which horse crossed first. differ. Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, and other Latin and South American Many races quite literally were run countries all boast their own unique down to the wire. Today, the versions of flan. Perhaps the expression applies to all kinds of only way to determine which of closely contested sporting events, as the recipes tastes best is to sample well as stressful business deals or them all! economic transactions. Who Said So? Word Scramble This clergyman, an advocate of uniting churches of different faiths, E B G L B O said, “When all is lost, ask the To eat hurriedly and noisily GOBBLE IRS—they’ll find something.” ANSWER: Horton Douglas ANSWER: ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1836 – Charles Darwin returned to England after his “Heresy is another word for five-year voyage aboard freedom of thought.” the HMS Beagle, an ~ Graham Greene adventure that became the basis for The Origin of the Species. Happy Birthday! 1950 – The comic strip Peanuts, from Graham Greene (1904–1991) was the pen of Minneapolis cartoonist a renowned English novelist. The Charles Schulz, began on this day author of more than 25 novels and in seven U.S. newspapers. The strip screenplays explored many religious began with only three characters: and modern moral themes in his Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, work. Author William Golding called and Shermy. Greene “the ultimate chronicler of 20th century man’s consciousness 1952 – The Royal Canadian Navy and anxiety.” Greene’s most destroyer HMCS Iroquois was hit prominent books include The Power by artillery fire from Korean shore and the Glory, The End of the Affair, batteries, killing three sailors. They Our Man in Havana, and The Quiet were the only RCN casualties of the American. One of his earliest jobs Korean War. was as a film critic, and many of his novels were made into films. You Don’t Say! The annual Graham The Code of Hammurabi is a Greene International well-preserved Babylonian law of Festival is held in ancient Mesopotamia. The code his hometown of dictated the death penalty for many Berkhamsted—but criminals, including bartenders this year is cancelled who watered down beer. due to the pandemic. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) RIDAY CTOBER F , O 2, 2020 Today is World Smile Day, a holiday conceived by Harvey Ball, the artist who created the yellow smiley face figure we all know so well. In 1963, Ball created the image to increase morale at an insurance company. He was paid $45. Who Am I? Centennial Memories When I was a child, my mother left our On this day 100 years ago, family, seeking freedom from her Major League Baseball abusive husband. In high school, I was held its last tripleheader, a cheerleader and basketball player the only one of the who liked to go to nightclubs, and that 20th century. The Cincinnati Reds was where I met a musician who began their three games against became the love of my life and eventual the Pittsburgh Pirates at noon in musical partner. We went on to gain Pittsburgh. By winning the first worldwide fame and win a Grammy, game, the Reds were able to take but my husband became abusive and third place in the National League. we divorced. My fame dimmed, but in They went on to win the second the 1980s I again found my voice and game, but Pittsburgh avoided a launched into superstardom as both an three-game sweep by winning the actress and singer, winning several final contest. The last game did not more Grammys. Who am I? go the full nine innings, however, as Turner Tina ANSWER: it was called in the sixth inning on account of darkness. Buy a Vowel High Five _ B _ D _ Can you name the five largest countries by population? Accept or act in accordance with million 233 Pakistan, 5. million; 267 Indonesia, million; 4. 4. million; 329 States, United 3. billion; ABIDE ANSWER: 1. China, 1.39 billion; 2. India, 1.32 1.32 India, 2. billion; 1.39 China, 1. ANSWER: ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2020 On This Date 1925 – The silent film The Gold Quote of the Day Rush, inspired by the Klondike “If having a soul means rush and starring Charlie Chaplin, being able to feel love played to record-breaking crowds at and loyalty and gratitude, Winnipeg’s Capitol Theatre. then animals are better off 1927 – The first transatlantic than a lot of humans.” telephone service to the U.K. was ~ James Herriot launched when Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King called British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Happy Birthday! 1990 – East and West Germany were James Herriot (1916–1995) is the officially reunified. The country had pen name of James Alfred Wight, been divided by a wall since the end a British veterinary surgeon and of World War II. writer who penned more than 20 semi-autobiographical books about Daily Trivia animals and their owners. Herriot didn’t start writing until age 50. His Virtually all the gold that has been works are loved mined throughout history is still for their focus on in existence in the aboveground the relationships stock. That means that if you have between people and a gold ring, some of the gold in that animals. Some of ring could have been mined by the his most popular Romans 2,000 years ago. works include All Creatures Great and Small and If Only They Could Talk. His books have been turned into television and stage productions. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2020 Today is World Card Making Day, a day that reminds us that the best gifts are not store-bought, but instead, come from the heart. The card you make might be a beautiful creation, but the message inside is just as important. Wild Kingdom Silver Memories Parts of the southwest Pacific, On this day 25 years ago, O. J. Simpson including Indonesia and Australia, was found not guilty of the double are home to a beautiful bee species murder of his estranged wife known as Homalictus. What makes Nicole Simpson and her the insect so beautiful is its metallic friend Ronald Goldman. The sheen, giving it reflective hues of aqua sensational 252-day trial had blue, bronze orange, fluorescent pink, captured the nation, and and iridescent green. They truly look 140 million Americans tuned in to like flying gemstones, which has given hear the trial’s verdict. The former rise to the nickname “rainbow” bees. football star had assembled a “dream They are also known as “sweat” bees team” of lawyers to execute a careful because females are attracted to and controversial defense that human sweat. Like other bees, these convinced jurors that he could not be are natural pollinators, but they do not convicted “beyond a reasonable produce honey. doubt.” The prosecution believed the evidence against Simpson to be Word Wise overwhelming, but the jury deliberated Which word is not like the others? for only four hours before ruling him innocent.