Wednesday, October 29th. Day 302 of 2025
It’s Oatmeal Day and National Cat Day
Happy Internet Day !
1618: Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded under a sentence that had been brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I
1929: America’s Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock market
1945: The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each
1969: The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school segregation
1998: The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with John Glenn on board. Glenn was 77 years old. He was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962
2008: Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world’s largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five
2012: Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages
News: Some Alexander County Food and Nutrition Services might soon feel the pinch from Government shutdown…Town of Taylorsville changing Bill=Pay system…Halloween Booze it Loose it operation underway across the state.
Weather: More Rain, could be heavy at times this afternoon. Sunshine returns Thursday
Sports: Cougar Soccer nips South Caldwell go 8-2 in Conference Play…With a win Friday night it looks like Cougar Football will head to playoffs…Official Winter Sports practices begins today across the state…Blue Jays even the World Series with crucial Game V tonight in La La Land…Canes lose to Vegas…Former LR standout Kyle Duggar traded to the Steelers
Happy Birthday: Melba Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Dennis Potvin, Kate Jackson, Dan Castellaneta, Joely Fisher, Finola Hughes, Winona Ryder, Andy Dalton
Are you in the Tiredness Danger Zone ? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/wellbeing/sleep/tiredness-danger-zone/
Message in a Bottle ..https://apnews.com/article/australia-letters-bottle-beach-wwi-soldiers-5504498cc456cd920c6a314ae4d4f19c
Word of the Day: sluice [sloos] an artificial channel for conducting water, a channel, especially one carrying off surplus water; drain. Also called sluice box. Mining., a long, sloping trough or the like, with grooves on the bottom, into which water is directed to separate gold from gravel or sand. “The sluice sometimes unveiled some valuable gems”
Quote of the Day: “I’m a lot of fun on a date.”… Diane Keaton
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