The K-12 TLC Daily Almanac

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		AUGUST 27

Teaching - there can be no finer calling requiring the clearest demonstration of moral and ethical behavior. Ira Shull, For the Love of Teaching

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Today's 5-Minute Quest

Answers to all questions can be found on this page or by using links provided on this page.
Good Luck!

BEGINNERS

1. From whom did Moldova declare its independence in 1991? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. Who was the first female U.S. government employee given equal status with men? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

3. According to her official website, when did Ann Rinaldi become interested in studying American history? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the name of a children's author born on this date:
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INTERMEDIATE

1. In which U.S. state is Lyndon Baines Johnson's birthday observed as a holiday? (hint: the answer is found on this page)

2. According to her biography from the Nobel Foundation, what religious order did Mother Teresa start in 1950? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

3. According to the History Channel, on what date did Mariner 2 first transmit data back from Venus? (hint: you will need to use a link found on this page)

Use all of these letters to spell the title of a work written by Theodore Dreiser prior to 1920 (according to Authors' Calendar):
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EXPERT
(hint: all three questions will require you to use a link found on this page)

1. According to the Columbia Encyclopedia, what position did Frank B. Kellogg hold with the U.S. government when the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in 1928?

2. According to the Nobel Foundation, with whom did Carl Bosch share the 1931 Nobel Prize for Chemistry?

3. According to BET, into what Hall of Fame was Yolanda Adams inducted on Oct 26, 2002?

Use all of these letters to spell the name of a 1929 work by C.S. Forester (according to the C.S. Forester Society):
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Carl Bosch Born on This Date 1874 [Nobel Foundation]	Lyndon Baines Johnson Born on This Date 1908 [New York Times]	Mother Teresa Born on This Date 1910 [Washington Post]	Ann Rinaldi Born on This Date in 1934 [Rutgers University]	Yolanda Adams Born on This Date 1962 [Official Website]


Moldova: Independence Day (Observed since 1991 declaration of independence from the Soviet Union: 08/27/1991)
Texas: Lyndon Baines Johnson Birthday (Observed since 1973)



1919	Graham Oakley (English Children's Author, Illustrator)
1921	Arlene Mosel (Ohio-born Children's Author)
1934	Ann Rinaldi (New York City-born Children's Author)
1943	Suzy Kline (California-born Children's Author)
1945	Suzanne Fisher Staples (Pennsylvania-born Children's Author)

1850	Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (Irish Author)
1871	Theodore Dreiser (Indiana-born Novelist)
1877	Lloyd C. Douglas (Indiana-born Author of The Robe)
1899	C. S. Forester (English Novelist)
1939	William Least Heat-Moon (William Trogdon, Missouri-born Writer)

1890	Man Ray (Emmanuel Rudnitsky, Pennsylvania-born Photographer, Painter, Filmmaker)

1874	Carl Bosch (German Chemist; 1931 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry)

551 B.C.	Confucius (K'ung-tze; Chinese Philosopher)
1770	Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (German Philosopher)
1833	Margartha Meyer Schurz (German-American Founder of the First U.S. Kindergarten in Watertown, Wisconsin)
1910	Mother Teresa (Agnes Bonxha Bojaxhiu; Macedonia-born Catholic Nun: 1979 Nobel Laureate for Peace)

1796	Sophia Smith (Massachusetts-born Philanthropist; Founder of Smith College)
1809	Hannibal Hamlin (Governor of Maine; U.S. Senator from Maine; Vice President of the United States for Abraham Lincoln)
1865	Charles Dawes (Ohio-born Vice-President of the United States to Calvin Coolidge; 1925 Nobel Laureate for Peace)
1879	Robert Lee Vann (North Carolina-born Journalist, Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist, Editor)
1908	Lyndon Baines Johnson (Texas-born 36th President of the United States)

1882	Samuel Goldwyn (Polish-American Film Producer)
1879	Rose McClendon (North Carolina-born African-American Actress)
1890	Hallie (Mae Ferguson) Flanagan (South Dakota-born Theatre Organizer, Teacher, Playwright)
1905	Frederick O'Neal (Mississippi-born African-American Actor, Playwright)
1909	Lester Young (Mississippi-born African-American Jazz Saxophonist)
1937	Alice Coltrane (Detroit-born African-American Jazz Musician, Composer)
1952	Paul Reubens (New York-born Actor, Comedian)
1962	Yolanda Adams (Texas-born African-American Gospel Singer)

1908	Frank Leahy (Nebraska-born Football Coach: Member of the College Football Hall of Fame)

1590	Pope Sixtus II (Italian-born Roman Catholic Pope)
1944	Mohamed Joosub (India-born South African Trader, Philanthropist)
1931	Bix Beiderbecke (Iowa-born Jazz Musician)
1963	W.E.B. Du Bois (Massachusetts-born African-American Scholar, Author)
1964	Gracie Allen (San Francisco-born Actress, Comedian, Wife and Partner of George Burns)
1967	Brian Epstein (Manager of The Beatles)
1979	Lord Louis Mountbatten (Member of the British Royal Family Killed by the Irish Republican Army)
1990	Stevie Ray Vaughan (Texas-born Blues Musician: Helicopter Crash Near East Troy, Wisconsin)


1660	Charles the Second Orders Books of John Milton Burned in Public
1698	Lewes, Delaware Is Ransacked and Pillaged by 50 French Pirates

1758	British-Colonial Forces Capture and Raze Canadian Fort Frontenac
1776	British Forces Defeat George Washington's Patriot Troops at the Battle of Brooklyn Heights in New York

1803	Meriwether Lewis Is in Pittsburgh Awaiting Completion of His Keelboat for an Aug 31 Launch
1804	Clark: Today the morning star was much larger than before. G. Drewyer came up and informed that he could neither find Shannon nor horses, we Sent Sheilds & J Fields, back to hunt Shannon & the horses. There was a gentle breeze out and we passed the White Clay Marl. A large of the stone seemed to made up of lime with a trace of cobalt in it. It resembled slate but was much softer than slate. Three Indians informed us that there was a camp of Sioux near the mouth of the Jacque river. We sent Mr. Dorion, the Sioux interpreter, to invite the chiefs to the Sioux nation to our council. The third Indian that stayed with us was of the Mohair nation and told us that the Mohair were going to make peace with the Pawnee tribe. This evening was pleasant and cool and the river was slowly sinking lower.
1806	Clark: Set out before Sunrise a Stiff breeze a head from the East proceeded to the enterance of Tylors river on the S W Side and landed on a Sand bar and Sent out the hunters to kill Some meat, our Stock of meat being now exousted and this the most favourable place to precure a fresh Supply, the hunters returned in 3 hours without haveing killed any thing. they informed me that the bottoms were entirely beaten up and the grass laid flat by the emence number of Buffalow which had been here a Short time past. the deer had left the bottom. they Saw several Buffalow Bulls which they did not think proper to kill as they were unfit for use. here we discover the first Signs of the wild turkey. at 1 P M we halted in the big bend and killed a fat buck elk near the river, which was very timely as our meat was entirely exhosted. at 2 P. M we again proceeded on down saw Several Buffalow Bulls on each Side of the river also Some deer of the Common kind. at 6 P. M. we herd the bellowing of the Buffalow Bulls in the lower Isld. of the Big bend below the Gouge which induced a belief that there was Some fat Cows, 5 men went out from the 2 Small Canoes which was a little a head, and killed two Cows one Bull and a Calf nether of them wer fat we droped the Perogue & Canoes to the lower part of the Island near to where the buffalow was killed and incamped haveing Come 45 Miles only to day. had the buffalow butched and brought in and divided. My friend Capt Lewis hurt himself very much be takeing a longer walk on the Sand bar in my absence at the buffalow than he had Strength to undergo, which Caused him to remain very unwell all night.
1840	Missouri Merchant, Henry Connelly, Completes a Two-Year Expedition to Create the Chihuahua Trade Route Between Mexico and the U.S.
1841	From Oregon City, the Star of Oregon Is Launched as the First Ocean-going Vessel Built in Oregon
1849	Edgar Allan Poe Joins the Sons of Temperance - A Society Requiring Its Members to Abstain Completely from Drinking Alcoholic Beverages
1855	Clara Barton Is First Female Federal Employee Given Equality to Men
1856	Abraham Lincoln Speaks in Kalamazoo, Michigan Campaigning for Republican Presidential Nominee John C. Fremont
1858	Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Hold Their Second Debate in Freeport, Illinois
1859	Edwin Drake Drills the First Successful Oil Well: 69.5' in Titusville, Pennsylvania
1861	Union Ships Secure Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
1862	Confederate Troops Capture the Federal Supply Depot at Manassas Junction Taking Over 300 Prisoners
1863	Confederate Forces Defeat Union Troops at the Battle of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
1871	7 Die in Election Day Violence Between Republicans and Democrats in La Mesilla, New Mexico
1878	Pennsylvania-born Christopher Latham Sholes Patents a Typewriter
1881	Hurricane Kills an Estimated 700 People Along the Coast of Georgia
1883	Indonesian Volcano, Krakatoa, Erupts Creating Tsunamis That Kill 36,000 People
1889	Charles G. Conn Receives Patent for Metal Clarinet
1892	Fire Seriously Damages New York City's Original Metropolitan Opera House at Broadway and 39th Street
1893	Hurricane Kills Thousands and Leaves Tens of Thousands Homeless in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
1894	The U.S. Congress Passes the First Graduated Income Tax as Part of the Wilson-Gormann Tariff

1900	U.S. Army Physicians, Walter Reeds and J.C. Carroll, Begin Test to Prove Mosquitoes Transmit Yellow Fever
1900	Britain's First Long Distance Bus Service Begins between London and Leeds (2 Days)
1904	In Newport, Rhode Island, the First Jail Sentence Is Imposed for a Speeding Violation
1911	G/s F.S. Redfield Is Stranded on Alaska's Cape Prince of Wales. All 23 People Aboard Survive
1912	In Columbus, the Ohio Women's Suffrage Association Holds the State's First Women's Suffrage Parade
1916	Romania Declares War on Austria-Hungary, Formally Entering World War I
1917	John Ford's First Feature Film, Straight Shooting, Is Released
1917	Poet and Author, John Peale Bishop, Enters the U.S. Army
1918	The Influenza Pandemic Hits America as Two Sailors Report to Sickbay at Boston's Commonwealth Pier
1919	Lawson Airlines Begins the First U.S. Commercial Air Service Flying from Milwaukee to New York City and Washington, D.C.
1920	Fay Bridges' Is the First Florida Woman to Vote Following Ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
1921	The Green Bay Packers Join the National Football League
1923	Irish Free State Holds First Elections Following Independence from Britain
1928	Kellogg-Briand Pact Is Signed Renouncing War as an Instrument of Policy
1930	Diablo Dam Is Dedicated on Washington's Upper Skaggit River
1937	Aaron Copland's "El Salon Mexico" Is Premiered in Mexico City with Carlos Chávez Conducting
1938	George Eyston Sets a, New Land Speed Record (345.49 mph) at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats
1940	Meredith Wilson Conducts the San Francisco Symphony in the Premier of His Symphony No. 2 ("The Missions of California")
1941	Prince Fumimaro Konoye, Prime Minister of Japan, Requests Summit with FDR
1945	U.S. Troops Begin Landing in Japan Following the Surrender of the Japanese Government

1950	BBC Television Transmits the First Live Signals Across the English Channel with 2-Hour Program from Calais, France
1953	Audrey Hepburn Makes Her Film Debut in Roman Holiday
1954	The Dover, Delaware School Board Considers School Integration
1956	Virginia's General Assembly Considers Bill to Allow the Governor to Close Schools Ordered to Integrate and Cut State Funding from Schools That Integrate
1957	Central Florida Community College Is Founded in Ocala
1962	U.S. Launches Mariner 2: First U.S. Spacecraft to Fly By Another Planet (Venus)
1966	Construction Is Completed on Columbia River's Astoria-Mengler Bridge Connecting Washington and Oregon
1966	Popular Song "Cherish" Is Released by The Association
1969	Booster Malfunction Dooms NASA Launch of Pioneer E Satellite for Interplanetary Study
1979	Britain's Lord Louis Mountbatten Is Killed by Irish Republican Army (IRA) Bomb Planted on a Boat
	18 British Soldiers Die in Two Bomb Attacks Near the Border with the Irish Republic
	Leonard Bernstein's Song "Piccola Serenata" Is First Performed at the Salzburg Festival
1982	A Turkish Military Attaché Is Assassinated in Canada by Armenian Extremists
1984	Christa McAuliffe Selected to be First Teacher in Space
1985	General Ibrahim Babangida Overthrows Nigeria's Buhari Regime
1985	NASA Launches Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-51I) on 7-Day Mission That Includes Deployment of Three Satellites
1986	South African Protest in Support of Rent Boycott Turns into a Riot with 12 Dead
1987	Mutinous Soldiers Fail to Overthrow the Philippines' Aquino Government
1989	Wisconsin's Concordia College Becomes Concordia University
1991	Moldova Declares Independence from the Soviet Union
1995	700-year-old Wreckage of the Magor Pill Is Raised from Wales' Severn Estuary

2003	Mars Passes Closer to Earth Than At Any Time in 60,000 Years
2008	Democratic Illinois Senator Barack Obama Is the First African-American to be Nominated as the Presidential Candidate of a Major U.S. Political Party
2010	Kenya President Ratifies New Constitution

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