Friday, September 27th. Day 271 of 2024
It’s Hug a Vegetarian Day
1779: John Adams was elected to negotiate with the British over the American Revolutionary War peace terms
1938: The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow, Scotland
1954: The “Tonight Show” made its debut on NBC with Steve Allen as host
1989: Columbia Pictures Entertainment agreed to buy Sony Corporation for $3.4 billion
1995: The Federal Government unveiled the redesigned $100 bill. The bill featured a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1994: Google (which I don’t use and suggest you don’t either) claims this as the day of their search engine launch
2019: Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change
In the News: Storm continues to pound area…Alexander County Schools closed today…County offices and Town Hall open at 10am…Fatal crash Thursday morning in Catawba County…Blair Eddins to be sworn in as new NC House Representative on Tuesday…Newton woman jailed in Alexander County…The 43rd Annual Hiddenite Celebration on for Saturday !
Weather: FLOOD WARNING…WIND WARNING…More Rain. Clearing for the Weekend…
Sports: Most High School Football games moved to Saturday…Cowboys get a few call to go their way and win Thursday night…Panthers host Cincinnati on Sunday…Busy Saturday in College Football highlighted by Georgia and Alabama…Dodgers and Yankees win Divisions…NL Wild Car very much in play heading into weekend…A’s say Good Bye to Oakland
Happy Birthday: Randy Bachman, Mike Schmidt, Shaun Cassidy, Steve Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lil Wayne, Avril Lavigne
Word of the Day deluge [ del-yooj] A great flood of water. A drenching rain. Anything that overwhelms. “Thursday brought a deluge of rain to our area”
Quote of the Day: “I’ll have you understand I am running this court, and the law hasn’t got a damn thing to do with it!”… Sam Ervin (Born 1896 on this date in Morganton, NC)