Holy Toledo! Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Let’s give it a quick spin. Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters EHYEORM? Check your answers here: Words with these letters EHYEORM. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Historical Event(s)
– 465 mm of rain falls in Brisbane, a record for any Australian capital city.
– In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes are reported, 15 in wide and 8 in thick.
– In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
– Mumbai Fire Brigade is established.
– Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
– Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,791 for the ‘Art of Applying Statistics’– his punched card calculator.
– The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada creating the nation’s first national park, Banff National Park.
– Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
– Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire.
– Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal begins at Eastham.
Who Were Born On ?
– Maude Farris-Luse, American supercentenarian who was the oldest living person at the age of 115. (d. 2002)
– Josef Frings, German Archbishop of Cologne (d. 1978)
– Prince Felix Yusupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (d. 1967)
– Harold Lockwood, American actor (d. 1918)
– Alan Gordon Cunningham, British army officer (d. 1983)
– Kurt Schwitters, German painter and writer (d. 1948)
– Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
– Sukumar Ray, Bengali Writer (d. 1923)
– Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
– Lynn Fontanne, British-American actress (d. 1983)