Friday, September 8th. Day 251 of 2023
It’s Stand Up To Cancer Day !
Happy Star Trek Day
1565: St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida’s first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
1888: In London, the body of Jack the Ripper’s second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found
1930: 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape
1944: London is hit by a German V-2 rocket for the first time
1966: The landmark science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode
1974: President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon
1988: Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires
2022: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles III
In the News: Taylorsville woman charged with murder has court appearance postponed…Another motorcycle fatality in Catawba County…Hiddenite woman facing drug charges…Taylorsville Police nab man on trespassing and drug offenses…Stony Point woman jailed for violating probation…Two injured in machete attack in Statesville…Teen charged with assaulting Police Officer at Statesville High School
Weather: Cooler temps and maybe story all weekend
Sports: Cougar Soccer and JV Football postponed due to lightening…AC Football will try to bounce back against Burns tonight…Lions roar in NFL opener…Panthers in Atlanta for opener on Sunday…Great weekend of College Football including App and UNC and ND playing NC State…Braves end skid…NASCAR in in Kansas
Happy Birthday: Bernie Sanders, David Arquette, Brooke Burke, Pink, Gerrit Cole
Lee is large https://www.yahoo.com/gma/hurricane-lee-projected-path-maps-152700193.html
70’s Show actor gets prison time https://apnews.com/article/danny-masterson-sentencing-rape-trial-fd7a10eda44d0e3ddde582d4c7053eb6
Word of the Day: lam [ lam ] Verb: To beat or thrash. Noun: To escape with haste, to flee. Sentence: The suspect was on the lam for months before being captured.
Quote of the Day: “I like our team but we have to get better in all phases of the game”…Coach Butch Carter on his Cougar Football Team heading into tonight’s game against Burns