Friday, November 3rd. Day 307 of 2023
Happy Sandwich Day !
It’s National Housewife Day and Cliché Day too
1507: Leonardo DaVinci was commissioned by the husband of Lisa Gherardini to paint her. The work is known as the Mona Lisa
Original Chevy Logo
1911: Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market
1957: Sputnik II was launched by the Soviet Union. It was the second man made satellite to be put into orbit and was the first to put an animal into space, a dog named Laika
1975: “Good Morning America” premiered on ABC
1979: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a “Death to the Klan” rally in Greensboro, NC
1998: Minnesota elected Jesse Ventura, a former pro wrestler, as its governor
2020: The US Presidential Election takes place between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. Biden was the declared the winner on November 7th
In the News: Report on Town of Taylorsville Finances reveals extreme lack of oversite…Two killed in I-40 crash in Burke County…Two arrested for firing shots near Freedom High School in Morganton…Taylorsville man jailed overnight…Catawba County Father and Son enter plea in 2017 homicide…Hiddenite man has been arrested at least ten times this year
Weather: A Fine Autumn Weekend. Highs around 60 today, low 70’s Saturday and Sunday
Sports: Cougars play in Charlotte tonight in Round of the State Football Playoffs…Duke beats Wake late…Can Panthers make it two in a row ?…Canes drop one in Big Apple…UNC Basketball legend passes
Happy Birthday: Lulu, Larry Holmes, Roseanne Barr, Kate Capshaw, Dennis Miller, Phil Simms, Dolph Lundgren, Tyler Hansbrough, Kendall Jenner
You don’t have to look far to find lunacy in Oregon https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4288044-oregon-just-dropped-all-graduation-standards-failing-all-of-its-students-in-the-name-of-equity/
Word of the Day: plankton [ plangk-tuhn ] The aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa. Marine plankton include bacteria, algae, protozoa and even drifting or floating animals.
Quote of the Day: “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak”… Steven Wright