Friday, September 20th. Day 234 of 2024
It’s Pepperoni Pizza Day. Yum !
1590: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey
1893: Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile
1962: James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi. He was later admitted and graduated
1973: Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-sept-20-1973-tennis-star-billie-jean-king-wins-battle-sexes
1984: “The Cosby Show” premiered on NBC
1995: The House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits
2011: The United States military ends its “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time
In the News: Deadly week on area roadways, the latest fatality, a bike rider in Caldwell County…Taylorsville had untreated wastewater spill last week…Taylorsville man gets 60-day jail sentence…Stony Point man just released from jail arrested again…Burke County couple found dead in what appears to me murder-suicide…Lenoir man steals bucket truck with technician suspended in bucket
Weather: Sunshine, around 82. Autumn begins Sunday
Sports: Cougar Women’s Tennis and JV Football get Thursday wins…Blue and Gold host Sun Valley tonight, Coach Carter say “must slow them down.”…App taken to woodshed…Jets beat Pats…Shohei makes history…Braves and Mets win…Cleveland clinches post-season spot…NASCAR runs Saturday night in Bristol
Happy Birthday: Sophia Loren, George R. R. Martin, Chuck Panozzo, Debi Morgan, Héctor Camacho Jr, Juan Pablo Montoya, Sergei Bobrovsky
M&M’s intros a new flavor https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/m-m-just-introduced-first-131500757.html
Listen to a conversation with new Alexander County Manager Todd Herms online at https://860wacb.com/interview-with-alexander-county-manager-todd-herms/
We play Cougar Football Trivia this morning at 7:45. Somebody wins tickets to the game a $20 gift card from PJ’s Seafood and Steak !
Word of the Day: juke [ jook ] a quick or rapid move made to deceive. To fake-out. First used in the 1930s meaning “to dance” at a “juke joint” or to “jukebox music.” “The shifty running back juked his way past the defenders.”
Quote of the Day: “I just put on what the lady says. I’ve been married three times, so I’ve had lots of supervision”… Upton Sinclair (Born this day in 1878)