Friday, November 8th. Day 313 of 2024
It’s National Dunce Day. And the winner is…
1805: The “Corps of Discovery” reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. The journey had begun on May 14, 1804
1895: Wilhelm Roentgen while experimenting with electricity discovered the scientific principle involved and took the first X-ray pictures
1923: Adolf Hitler made his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch
1950: The first jet-plane battle took place as U.S. Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15
1954: The American League approved the transfer of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team to Kansas
City. The franchise would move to Oakland in 1968. Next stop, Las Vegas in 2025
1966: Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California
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2016: Donald Trump is elected the 45th President of the United States, defeating Hillary Clinton
In the News: Taylorsville man charged with 5 murders requesting bond hearing…Head-on collision overnight in Hiddenite sends two to hospital…Playground at Matheson Park closed for upgrades…Two men charged overnight with larceny in Alexander County…Taylorsville woman sent to jail by judge
Weather: Clouds and Fog early. Sunshine and 78 this afternoon !
Sports: AC Soccer gets bid to State Playoffs… Cougar Football at Ashe County tonight in regular season finale…App has bad trip to the beach…ECU rolls in primetime…Ravens over Bengals in thriller…Panthers play in Germany vrs NY Giants on Sunday…Canes win 8th straight…NASCAR finale is Sunday
Happy Birthday: Bonnie Raitt, Mary Hart, Alre Woodard, Rickie Lee Jones, Gordon Ramsay, Leif Garrett, Parker Posey, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Parker Posey, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Gretchen Mol, Tara Reid
Monkey Business in South Carolina https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/residents-warned-after-43-monkeys-escape-research-facility/ar-AA1tGeOl
This won’t last long…Will it ? https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/nov/7/4b-movement-liberal-women-launch-sex-strike-donald/
We play Cougar Football Trivia at 7:45 this morning. Somebody wins a gift card from PJ’s Seafood and Steak in Bethlehem
Word of the Day: vestige [ ves-tij ] A mark, trace, or visible evidence of something that is no longer present or in existence. A trace of something. “ A few strange words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony.”
Quote of the Day: “I really don’t care what movie stars have to say about life”… Morley Safer (Born this day in 1931)