Monday, October 10. Day 283 of 2022
Happy Columbus Day !
1780: A Hurricane kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. It’s still the Atlantic’s deadliest recorded hurricane.
1845: The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland
1887: Thomas Edison organized the Edison Phonograph Company
1966: The Beach Boys release “Good Vibrations”
1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion
1996: The NY Giants retire Lawrence Taylor’s # 56
2018: Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage.
In the News: One airlifted after Sunday dirt bike crash in Alexander County…Man jailed after brief chase Sunday morning in Alexander County…Registered Sex Offender from Taylorsville arrested again…Iredell Deputy dies while on duty…
Weather: Sunshine with a high near 70
Sports: Cougar turnovers cost them against Watauga….Is it time to tank for the Panthers ?…Georgia back to number 1 in College Football…Wild Card weekend over in Baseball, Division Round begins Tuesday…Bell Rings on the Charlotte Roval
Happy Birthday: Ben Vereen, Nora Roberts, John Prine, David Lee Roth, Tanya Tucker, Brett Favre, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Aimee Teegarden
We’re a nation of quitters https://observer.com/2022/10/the-great-resignation-is-far-from-over-as-unemployed-americans-who-quit-their-jobs-reaches-30-year-high/
Is a Colonoscopy worth it ? https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/09/health/colonoscopy-cancer-death-study/index.html
Quote of the Day: “The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous”…Quote James Clavell (Born this day in 1924)