Good morning! It’s Saturday, July 3, 2021.
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WORD OF THE DAY
Nankeen [nan-keen] (noun) 1. a firm, durable, yellow or buff fabric, formerly made from a natural-colored Chinese cotton; 2. a twilled material made from other cotton and dyed in imitation of this fabric; 3. nankeens, garments made of this material; 4. a yellow or buff color; 5. Also called Nankeen porcelain, Nanking china, Nanking ware. a type of Chinese porcelain having blue ornament on a white ground.
TV TRIVIA
On “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” Lou Grant is famous for telling Mary, “I HATE spunk!” but what else about Mary did he say he did not like?
A. The way she dressed
B. The fact that she wasn’t married
C. Her friendship with Rhoda
D. Her parties
(Answer at bottom of column)
NUMBER TO KNOW
204,900,000: A total of 204,900,000 cubic meters of material was excavated during the building of the Panama Canal.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
July 3, 1863: On the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s last attempt at breaking the Union line ends in failure, bringing the most decisive battle of the American Civil War to an end.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Movie actor Tom Cruise (59)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” – Marshall McLuhan
TRIVIA ANSWER
D. Her parties
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