THE MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2021 On This Date 1872 – Yellowstone National Park Quote of the Day was established as the world’s first national park. “A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought 1896 – French physicist Antoine to have a personality.” Henri Becquerel accidentally discovered radioactivity while working ~ Glenn Miller with photographic plates. 1953 – After a night of heavy drinking, Joseph Stalin suffered a Happy Birthday! stroke in his sleep. Guards were Glenn Miller (1904–1944) was an under orders not to disturb him and American swing era bandleader, left him alone until the following trombonist, and composer who grew night. He died several days later. up in Clarinda, Iowa. Some of his 2010 – The Vancouver Olympics most popular songs include “In the ended with Canada winning 14 gold Mood,” “A String of medals, the most for any country in Pearls,” “(I’ve Got a any Winter Olympics. Gal in) Kalamazoo,” and “Little Brown Jug.” From 1939 Did You Know? to 1942, he was the best-selling recording artist. In The tongue is the strongest muscle roughly four years, he racked up in the body, and controlling it 69 top 10 hits—more than both the requires the use of many brain Beatles (33) and Elvis Presley (38). cells. People often bite or stick In 1942, Miller volunteered to serve out their tongue when focusing in World War II with the U.S. Army. to try and free up those brain Sadly, his aircraft was lost over the cells for thinking. English Channel in 1944. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) ONDAY ARCH M , M 1, 2021 Today is Casimir Pulaski Day, celebrating the Polish-born American Revolutionary War hero. As the first leader of the U.S. cavalry, he fought for American independence for just two years before he was shot during battle. Root of the Matter Wild Kingdom Have egg on your face The crested or maned rat of If someone tells you that you have egg East Africa is a bushy-tailed rodent on your face, then you have made a that resembles a small striped serious mistake that has embarrassed porcupine or a skunky puffball. But you or made you look foolish. The this animal has a far more dangerous expression originated in the mid-1900s defense strategy than spiny quills or and most likely referenced malodorous spray. It is the world’s unsatisfied audiences that only poisonous rodent, harboring a threw eggs at actors who toxin in its fur so lethal that it could performed poorly. Director kill an elephant. The rodent does not Alfred Hitchcock provided an early use produce the poison itself but instead of the expression when he told Ingrid chews the bark of the poison arrow Bergman that she had egg on her face tree, mixes the poison with its saliva, during shooting. He used the term and then applies it to thick hairs to describe a vaguely embarrassed that absorb the poison. The rats expression she wore after standing too themselves seem immune to the long before the camera without a line. lethal toxins. Riddle Me This Word Scramble Until I am measured, I am not I R T L U C A known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I? To cut short, reduce, or diminish CURTAIL ANSWER: Time ANSWER: ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2021 On This Date 1729 – Playing cards signed by the Quote of the Day governor of Quebec were used for “American people have the money due to a shortage of printed ability to laugh at themselves. bills to pay troops in New France. It is one of the things that 1933 – The movie King Kong makes this country the premiered at Radio City Music Hall in great country that it is.” New York City. The film was notable for Willis O’brien’s groundbreaking ~ Desi Arnaz stop-motion animation, Max Steiner’s musical score, and actress Fay Wray’s role as the ape’s love. Happy Birthday! 1944 – For the first time, the Oscar Desi Arnaz (1917–1986) was a ceremony was held at a large public Cuban American actor, comedian, venue, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. and musician. Born Jack Benny served as master of in Cuba, his affluent, ceremonies for the event. politically prominent family fled to Miami 1962 – Basketball following the Cuban great Wilt Chamberlain Revolution of 1933. scored 100 points in a After learning English in high single game. The record school, Arnaz became an entertainer. still stands. He’s best known for playing Ricky News of the Word Ricardo on the iconic 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy with his wife at the time, In 2018, the Merriam-Webster comedienne Lucille Ball. He and Ball Dictionary added several creatively pioneered the lucrative business of abbreviated words to its pages, syndicated reruns, making big profits including faves, adorbs, in the process. He was the bandleader and guac. of the popular Desi Arnaz Orchestra. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) UESDAY ARCH T , M 2, 2021 Today is Dr. Seuss Day, celebrating the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel. Before becoming a famous author of children’s books, Geisel worked in advertising for companies like Ford, General Electric, and Standard Oil. Who Am I? Only Human I was born into a family of eleven When our third molars children and received just an (known as wisdom teeth) elementary school education. I moved come in, they often crowd to the city, where I worked as a the other teeth around them. That handyman, earning enough money doesn’t sound very wise. So why do to hire a private tutor. When I began we have wisdom teeth? Back when work at a sewing machine factory, our human ancestors ate a diet of my eyes opened to machinery and rough food like nuts, roots, and tough invention. I improved the sewing meats, we needed these extra molars machine and made enough money to to help grind down this food. As work on my own. I went on to invent a humans learned how to cook and hair straightener, a “breathing device” innovated utensils like knives, that would become a gas mask for wisdom teeth were rendered obsolete. soldiers during World War I, and Furthermore, as our brains grew even the three-position traffic light. bigger, the amount of space in our Morgan Garrett Who am I? ANSWER: mouths shrunk, leaving no place for the third molars to fit. Wisdom teeth remain vestigial organs—body parts Buy a Vowel that are now virtually functionless. _ P _ N _ _ N Punny Business A personal view or judgment OPINION ANSWER: ANSWER: Long fairy tales have a tendency to dragon. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 On This Date 1921 – University of Toronto doctors Inspirational Quote Frederick Banting and Charles Best officially announced their discovery “Age is no barrier. It’s of insulin. This medical breakthrough a limitation you put has saved millions of lives. on your mind.” 1965 – The New York Times gave ~ Jackie Joyner-Kersee glowing reviews to the newly released film The Sound of Music, starring Canadian actor Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp. Happy Birthday! 1991 – In Vancouver, Celine Dion Jackie Joyner-Kersee, born in 1962, won the Juno Awards for Best won three Olympic Album and Best Female Vocalist, gold medals. She also George Fox won Best Male Country won silver and bronze Vocalist, and Colin James won medals. The track star Single of the Year. is considered one of the Sports Trivia greatest heptathletes of all time. Before The modern women’s heptathlon the Olympics, Joyner- has seven different events: Kersee was a starting basketball • 100-meter hurdle player for UCLA. Since retiring • High jump from professional sports, she has devoted herself to philanthropy through • Shot put her eponymous foundation. She is a • 200-meter run dynamic speaker and advocate for • Running long jump education, racial equality, and women’s rights. Sports Illustrated named Jackie • Javelin throw Joyner-Kersee “the greatest female • 800-meter run athlete of the 20th century.” ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (U.S.) EDNESDAY ARCH W , M 3, 2021 Today is World Wildlife Day. This holiday is meant to promote awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants. This year’s theme promotes our connection to wildlife with “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet.” Eye in the Sky The Games People Play For over 50 years, Puerto Rico’s Alice Springs, in Australia’s Northern Arecibo telescope was the largest Territory, is a region known for its of its kind in the world. Scientific desert plains, rocky gorges, and instruments weighing about 900 tons rugged mountains—the hung from cables over a gargantuan gate-way to Australia’s dish resting like a shallow bowl in the Outback. Alice Springs jungle. Yet just before the new is also home to the year, the cables snapped, and the Camel Cup, an annual camel racing telescope was destroyed. Since 1963, competition that attracts 5,000 guests Arecibo has guided America’s greatest each year. The race has become so discoveries of space. For many popular that a dedicated camel racing scientists, the loss of the famed track was built at Blatherskite Park in telescope was incalculable. For Puerto 1979. The excitement builds as riders Rico, it was like losing a beloved and spectators wait for the notoriously national monument. unpredictable animals to start racing. While some camels gallop willingly, Word Wise it is not uncommon for others to snarl, Which word is not like the others? bite, or even race in reverse.