Daily Calendar for Saturday, June 1, 2024

What is the traditional gift for a 15th wedding anniversary?

Crystal is traditionally given on this anniversary. The contemporary equivalent is a watch.

Wear a necklace of nutmeg to remove freckles or cold sores.

To freshen a garbage disposal, dump in a tray of ice cubes made from vinegar and water, then turn on the water and run the disposal as usual.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin was probably named from a Chippewa word that means “river of red stone” or “river of the great rock.”

What can run but never walks, Has a mouth but never talks, Has a bed but never sleeps, Has a head but never weeps?

A river

James Buchanan (15th U.S. president) – 1868
Leslie Howard (actor) – 1943
Helen Keller (blind, deaf, and mute author) – 1968
Yves Saint Laurent (fashion designer) – 2008
Julian and Adrian Riester (92-year-old identical twin friars died hours apart, each from heart failure) – 2011
Ann B. Davis (actress) – 2014

Earthquake shook Plymouth, MA– 1638
Kentucky admitted into the Union as the 15th state– 1792
Tennessee admitted into the Union as the 16th state– 1796
Captain James Lawrence ordered crew, Don’t give up the ship!– 1813
A lake appeared this month in Salton Sink, Colorado Desert, California– 1891
Corning Glass Works in N.Y. announced the invention of photosensitive glass– 1947
The Cable News Network (CNN) made its debut– 1980
Thirteen-year old Katharine Close spelled “ursprache” correctly to win the 79th Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. She was the first champion ever from New Jersey– 2006

Hail up to four inches in diameter fell in parts of Maine during a series of severe thunderstorms across central and northern New England– 1986
Thirty-nine degrees F in Springfield, Illinois– 2003
An EF-3 tornado caused extensive damage from Westfield to Charlton, Massachusetts– 2011
1” snow, Delta Junction, Alaska– 2015