Daily Calendar for Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Leif Eriksson Day

In A.D. 1000, long before Columbus, Eriksson led a Viking voyage westward from Greenland and reached the coast of North America, in what is now Newfoundland. He named his discovery Vinland. Although Eriksson is not officially credited with the European discovery of America, ever since 1964 U.S. presidents have had the option of proclaiming October 9 as Leif Eriksson Day.

How much is a rick of firewood? Is it half a cord?

No, rick is actually a description of the way wood is stacked. A cord of wood measures 4x4x8 feet, or 128 cubic feet. A rick is piled in a 4x8-foot stack. Rick also refers to a stack of any other material, such as hay, left out in the open air.

Start adding horseradish and raw onion to your sandwiches to help prevent winter colds.

To correct the dents that furniture leaves in carpets, place an ice cube in each dent and allow it to melt overnight. While the carpet is still damp, fluff up the fibers with your fingers.

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Astronomical: The actual position of the Moon within the constellations on the celestial sphere. Astrological: The astrological position of the Moon within the zodiac according to calculations made more than 2,000 years ago. Because of precession of the equinoxes and other factors, this is not the Moon’s actual position in the sky.

What did the pig use on its rash?

Oinkment!

Born

Lewis Cass (politician) – 1782
Camille Saint-Saens (composer) – 1835
Myron Herrick (politician) – 1854
Alfred Dreyfus (French army officer) – 1859
Leonard Wood (physician) – 1860
Charles Rudolph Walgreen (merchant) – 1873
Jacques Tati (director) – 1908
E. Howard Hunt (author) – 1918
John Lennon (musician) – 1940
Jackson Browne (musician) – 1948
Tony Shalhoub (actor) – 1953
Scott Bakula (actor) – 1954
Steve Ovett (runner) – 1955
Brandon Routh (actor) – 1979
Zachery Ty Bryan (actor) – 1981
Tyler James Williams (actor) – 1992

Died

Oskar Schindler (businessman) – 1974
David Dukes (actor) – 2000
Charles Guggenheim (filmmaker) – 2002
Jan Hooks (actress) – 2014

Events

The Collegiate School, later renamed Yale University, is founded in Connecticut.– 1701
Joshua Stoddard received a patent for a calliope– 1855
The nation’s first working underground oil pipeline was completed between Oil Creek and Pithole, Pennsylvania– 1865
American Humane Association organized– 1877
The Washington Monument opened to the public– 1888
7.7 earthquake struck Kodiak Island, Alaska– 1900
Deadly fire leveled Baudette and Spooner, Minnesota– 1910
First electronic blanket manufactured, Petersburg, Virginia– 1946
In Bolivia, Che Guevara is killed while leading a Cuban-sponsored guerrilla force– 1967
Cape Kennedy restored to original name of Cape Canaveral” in Florida”– 1973
A meteorite struck a car in Peekskill, New York– 1992
Starting on September 28, Lloyd Scott, a 41-year old former firefighter and professional football player from Rainham, London, dived through the depths of Loch Ness for 12 days to complete on this day the world’s first ever underwater marathon. Lloyd wore an 80-kilogram diving suit throughout the 26-mile adventure– 2003
The new U.S. $20 bill, with its faint tinge of peach color in the background, made its way into bank vaults and consumers’ pockets– 2003

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Damaging hailstorms hit Montana, causing $7.5 million in crop damage– 1944

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