Friday, October 4th. Day 278 of 2024
It’s National Truckers Day and Smile Day
Happy Cinnamon Roll Day !
1535: The first complete English translation of the Bible was printed
1895: Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men’s Golf Championship
1933: “Esquire” magazine was published for the first time
1957: “Leave it to Beaver” debuted on CBS
1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik I into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was the first manmade satellite to enter space
1997: The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_1997_Loomis_Fargo_robbery
2001: Washington’s Reagan National Airport re-opened. The airport had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
2006: WikiLeaks is launched
In the News: Duke Energy hopes to get nearly all power outages in Alexander County restored soon…Fatal crash in Wilkes County…Deadline for Voter Registration is next Friday in Alexander County…Greenway will pick you up and take you anywhere in the County today…Taylorsville man back in jail
Weather: More Clouds than Sun today. High near 80. Weekend looks great
Sports: Cougars would have played football tonight at Ashe County. When they play again ?…Mets win in dramatic fashion…Baseball down to Elite 8…Busy day in College Football on Saturday…Falcons air-it-out against then Bucs…Panthers in Chicago on Sunday
Happy Birthday: Tony La Russa, Susan Sarandon, Armand Assante, Jon Secada, Alicia Silverstone, Dakota Johnson
Have you bought this ice cream ? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/bought-breyers-ice-cream-flavor-042836206.html
Word of the Day: Budapest [ boo-duh-pest ] The capital and largest city of Hungary. Formed in 1873 from two cities on the bank of the Danube River, Buda on the west back and on the East bank, Pest. Population of 1.7 million.
Quote of the Day: “I once knew a chap who had a system of just hanging the baby on the clothes line to dry and he was greatly admired by his fellow citizens for having discovered a wonderful innovation on changing a diaper”… Damon Runyon (Born this day in 1888)