Monday, October 14th. Day 288 of 2024
It’s Columbus Day
1912: Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in Milwaukee. Roosevelt’s wound in the chest was not serious and he continued with his planned speech. The shooter, William Schrenk was captured at the scene
1926: The book “Winnie-the-Pooh,” by A.A. Milne was published
1943: The Radio Corporation of America finalized the sale of the NBC Blue radio network. Edward J. Noble paid $8 million for the network that was renamed American Broadcasting Company
1947: Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California, pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break the sound barrier
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba
1987: Jessica McClure, 18 months old, fell down an abandoned well in Midland Texas. The rescue took 58 hours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Jessica_McClure
1998: After being captured in North Carolina, Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
In the News: Taylorsville man dies in Wilkes County Collision…Man dies in Caldwell County accident involving golf cart…Alexander County records third rabies case of the year…Fatal shooting the result of Road-Rage in Catawba County…Taylorsville man arrested in Catawba County…Wilkes man arrested for solicitation of 11-year old girl
Weather: We stay dry but it gets cooler this week
Sports: Cougars Ground and Pound Patriots…Panthers fall to Falcons…Detroit destroys Dallas, Jerry says he won’t fire coach…Pretty tough Saturday for College Football teams from North Carolina…Larson wins on the Roval
Happy Birthday: Ralph Lauren, John Dean, Justin Hayward, Arleen Sorkin, Joe Girardi, Stephen A Smith, Natalie Maines, Floyd Landis, Usher, Jared Goff
Has Memphis taken over as America’s most dangerous place to live ? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13952677/Memphis-city-America-dangerous-music.html
Stevie does SNL https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stevie-nicks-returns-snl-powerful-165311919.html
Word of the Day: hegemony [ hi-jem-uh-nee ] Leadership, predominance. A social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group. From Greek meaning to lead. “The politician hoped to develop his own hegemony.”
Quote of the Day: “If you’re true to yourself you’re going to be true to everyone else”… John Wooden (Born this day in 1910)