Friday, October 30th. Day 303 of 2026
It’s Text Your Ex Day ! Proceed with caution would be my advice
1831: Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history
1938: Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic across the nation
1945: Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers
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1961: The Soviet Union detonates the most powerful explosive device ever detonated
1972: 45 people were killed when two trains collided on Chicago’s south side
1995: Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favor of remaining a province of Canada
2021: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z, Carole King, Todd Rundgren and Billy Preston
2021: The Grand Ole Opry broadcasts its 5,000th Saturday night radio program from Nashville
News:
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Sports: Cougars head to South Caldwell tonight with a very specific goal in mind, Just win Baby…JV Football wins overtime thriller over South…Cougar Soccer gets Round I bye in State Playoffs…
Happy Birthday: Dick Vermeil, Grace Slick, Otis Williams, Henry Winkler, Andrea Mitchell, Timothy B. Schmit, Harry Hamlin, Kevin Pollak, Ivanka Trump, Marcus Mariota, Cale Makar
Word of the Day: blotto [blot-oh] slang term meaning very drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious or not know what one is doing. “Three glasses of wine and she was blotto.”
Quote of the Day: I” have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.”… John Adams (Born this day in 1735)