Wednesday, September 1st. Day 244 of 2021
It’s Letter Writing Day. When’s the last time you mailed a personal letter ?
1878: Emma Nutt becomes the world’s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company
1905: Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation. I cheated to spell Saskatchewan
1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II
1952: The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published
1985: The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition. The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast
1995: The ribbon cutting ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was held in Cleveland
1998: J.K. Rowling’s book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was released in the U.S. This was the first book in the Harry Potter series
In the News: Beginning today, students and staff must wear a face covering on Alexander County School campuses…COVID hospitalizations leap in Alexander County…County Commissioner Larry Yoder issues appeal for citizens to get vaccinated…Maiden man charged with fatal hit-and-run in Hickory…Latest on officer-involved shooting in Lenoir
Weather: Rain from Ida today, Thursday looks Super
Sports: After confusion, Cougar kick-time Friday night at AC Reynolds is 7:30, we’re on the air at 6:30…Cameron Lackey is the Taylorsville Savings Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week…Panthers cut a QB…Patriots release Cam Newton…Dodgers beat the Braves again…Phillies on a roll…Rays are rolling too
Happy Birthday: Alan Dershowitz, Lily Tomlin, Archie Bell, Barry Gibb, Phil McGraw, Gloria Estefan, Kenny Mayne, Tim Hardaway
Some strange coming and goings on Jeopardy https://apnews.com/article/Jeopardy-host-Mike-Richards-37eacabee13704a8c6637cb9866f8283
Check your spelling https://nypost.com/2021/09/01/illinois-woman-chloe-mrozak-arrested-for-using-fake-covid-19-vaccine-card/
Joe, please go back to sleep !
Get your shot
Quote of the Day: “I write to escape; to escape poverty”…Edgar Rice Burroughs (Born this day in 1875)