Daily Calendar for Monday, August 26, 2024

Women's Equality Day

This day marks the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920), granting women the right to vote. Ratification came in Tennessee, where Tennessee state legislator Harry T. Burn, age 24, cast the deciding vote after reading a letter from his mom, Febb Burn. “I know that a mother’s advice is always safest for a boy to follow,” he said, “and my mother wanted me to vote for ratification.”

The country’s 26 million voting-age women were enfranchised by this change in the Constitution. Longtime suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt summed up her experiences in the battle this way: “Never in the history of politics has there been such a nefarious lobby as labored to block the ratification.” Upon ratification, Catt founded the League of Women Voters, an organization now dedicated to providing impartial, in-depth information about candidates, platforms, and ballot issues.

Are butterflies considered good luck?

Some Native American tribes seem to think so. If you catch a butterfly, they say, whisper your wish to it and set it free. The butterfly will deliver your wish to the spirits, who will grant it.

When cutting asphalt shingles, dip your utility knife in turpentine. This will keep the shingles from binding when you cut them.

Solvents such as denatured alcohol, turpentine, paint thinner, kerosene, or acetone are extremely flammable. Keep the solvents away from any open flame while you are working with them, and store in a well-ventilated space in tightly sealed containers.

Cumulus cloud

Fair-weather cloud with flat base and domeshaped top.

The Cornhusker State.(Name the U.S. state!)

Nebraska

Died

Frans Hals (painter) – 1666
Louis-Philippe of France – 1850
Celia Thaxter (poet) – 1894
Charles Lindbergh (aviator) – 1974
Ted Knight (actor) – 1986
Laura Branigan (Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her hit Gloria) – 2004
Dominick Dunne (American writer and investigative journalist) – 2009
Neil Simon (Pulitzer prize-winning playwright) – 2018
Bob Barker (game show host and animal activist) – 2023

Born

Lee DeForest (inventor) – 1873
Frank F. Gasparro (designed the Lincoln Memorial reverse on the penny) – 1909
Mother Teresa (missionary) – 1910
Benjamin Bradlee (journalist) – 1921
Irving Levine (broadcast journalist) – 1922
Geraldine Ferraro (politician) – 1935
Will Shortz (puzzle creator and editor) – 1952
Branford Marsalis (musician) – 1960
Melissa McCarthy (actress) – 1969
Macaulay Culkin (actor) – 1980
Chris Pine (actor) – 1980
Keke Palmer (actress) – 1993

Events

Quincy Market opened, Boston, Massachusetts– 1826
Amistad captured off Long Island– 1839
Krakatoa, a volcano on an Indonesian island, began to erupt. Over this and the next day, the eruption caused tsunamis that killed 36,000 people. Particles from the eruption were released into the stratosphere, causing the average temperature of Earth to lower by one degree for the next two years.– 1883
Krakatoa, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Rakata, erupted. The explosions heard in the eruption remain the loudest noise on human record. The sound was heard across the Indian Ocean as far away as Rodriguez Island and Australia– 1883
A starch process that led to puffed grain cereals was patented– 1902
The Nineteenth Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. It was nicknamed the Anthony amendment in recognition of the lobbying efforts of suffragette Susan B. Anthony.– 1920
Philo Farnsworth patented a television– 1930
WXBS televised the first major-league baseball games, a double-header between Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers– 1939
Norma Jeane Baker was signed to a contract with 20th Century Fox—her first studio contract– 1946
The first Ford Edsel was produced– 1957
The Beatles released their smash hit “Hey Jude” – 1968
Guitarist Jimi Hendrix made his last public appearance in the UK– 1970
Bill 101 took effect, making French the official language of Quebec– 1977

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Tornado hit train on bridge in Dearborn County, Indiana– 1864
Snow flurries fell in Pennsylvania, New York, and New England– 1885
100-mph winds, Lake County, Indiana– 1965
Stormy weather deposited a canoe in telephone lines in Lake County, Indiana– 1965
Lightning killed more than 300 reindeer in Hardangervidda, a mountain plateau and national park in Norway.– 2016

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