Daily Calendar for Thursday, November 7, 2024

What is that wobbly little thing on the turkey’s beak called?

The snood is the flap of skin above a turkey’s beak, but don’t confuse it with the dewlap which is also wobbly. It connects the head to the neck, under the beak.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. —Abraham Lincoln

You create a dust trap when you apply an oil-based polish to a piece of furniture, so use polish sparingly. Buff the piece well to remove as much of the oily residue as possible.

Shanty

A small crude shelter used as a dwelling. A rhythmical work song originally sung by sailors.

Why does a person who is poorly lose his sense of touch?

Because he doesn’t feel well.

Born

Marie Curie (chemist) – 1867
Dean Jagger (actor) – 1903
Albert Camus (writer) – 1913
Billy Graham (evangelist) – 1918
Al Hirt (musician) – 1922
Barry Newman (actor) – 1938
Johnny Rivers (singer) – 1942
Joni Mitchell (singer) – 1943
Christopher Knight (actor) – 1957
Jeremy London (actor) – 1972
Jason London (actor) – 1972
Lorde (singer) – 1996

Died

Alfred Russel Wallace (naturalist) – 1913
Eleanor Roosevelt (U.S. First Lady) – 1962
Gene Tunney (boxer) – 1978
Steve McQueen (actor) – 1980
Howard Keel (actor) – 2004
Joe Frazier (boxer) – 2011
Roy Halladay (baseball player) – 2017

Events

Alexander Mackenzie became the second prime minister of Canada– 1873
In a cartoon by Thomas Nast, the elephant was first used to represent the Republican party– 1874
Last spike of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway driven at Craigellachie, British Columbia– 1885
The state of Colorado granted women residents the right to vote– 1893
Bette Davis became the first woman elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood– 1941
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected for a fourth term– 1944
UN approved United Nations Emergency Force– 1956
Elston Howard won American League’s Most Valuable Player award– 1963
Magic Johnson announced his retirement from basketball because he tested positive for the HIV virus– 1991
The first female Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was elected– 2006
A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada– 2012

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The “Galloping Gertie” bridge in Tacoma collapsed in a windstorm four months after its grand opening– 1940
98-mph winds recorded at Block Island, Rhode Island– 1953
Thermometers in Islip, New York, read a toasty 77.4F.– 1998

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