Tuesday, November 28th. Day 332 of 2023
It’s French Toast Day. If you tell me that you don’t like French Toast, you’re weird
1520: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait is now named after him
1919: American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament
1925: The Grand Ole Opry made its radio debut on station WSM in Nashville
1942: In Boston, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people
1963: President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of JFK. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents
1990: Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Britain
1994: Jeffrey Dahmer, a convicted serial killer, was clubbed to death in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate
In the News: Alexander County Man gets life without parole for 2018 murder…Gwaltney I and II Voting site shifted…Yoder announces run for State House…statesville man charged with death by distribution…Claremont man charged with assaulting victim with a machete
Weather: Sunny, Windy with a high of 46. COLD tonight with low around 20 !
Sports: Cougar Hoops at Newton Conover this eveing…AC Wrestling at Patton…Panthers fire Reich, what’s next for the worst franchise in pro sports ?…Bears win without Touchdown…ACC-SEC Challenge underway
Happy Birthday: Berry Gordy Jr, Paul Warfield, Randy Newman, Dick Morris, Paul Shaffer, Ed Harris, Judd Nelson, Jon Stewart, Chase Elliott
The price tag for happiness has been set https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/27/can-money-buy-happiness-60percent-of-adults-say-yes-it-costs-1point2-million.html
Wow, just Wow ! https://www.yahoo.com/news/southwest-airlines-passenger-hospitalized-opening-184334107.html
Word of the Day: incremental [ in-kruh-men-tl, ing- ] Increasing or adding on. Increasing on a regular schedule. Sentence: Tax Hikes are expected on an incremental basis.
Quote of the Day: “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend”… William Blake (Born this day in 1757)