Friday, November 22nd. Day 327 of 2024
It’s National Flossing Day. The little string is the thing
1718: English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. “Blackbeard”) was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers shot and stabbed more than 25 times
1899: The Marconi Wireless Company of America was incorporated
1910: Arthur F. Knight patented a steel shaft for golf clubs. It changed the game
1950: The lowest scoring game in the NBA was played. The Fort Wayne Pistons (later the Detroit Pistons) defeated the Minneapolis Lakers (later the Los Angeles Lakers) 19-18
1963: President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. Texas Governor John Connally was also seriously wounded. Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was inaugurated as the 36th U.S. President
1968: The Beatles release the “White Album”
1977: Regular passenger service on the Concorde began between New York and Europe
1986: At the age of 20, Mike Tyson became the youngest to wear the world heavyweight-boxing crown
1998: CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired a tape of Jack Kevorkian giving lethal drugs in an assisted suicide of a terminally ill patient. Kevorkian was later sentenced to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder
In the News: Deadline day to enter next Saturday’s Christmas Parade…Hiddenite man charged on Catawba County Warrants…Former Alexander Central Principal Clark Morton passes…Hickory Police charge man with attempted murder…Hiddenite man facing Catawba County charges…Nearly a pound of meth seized in North Wilkesboro bust…Morganton man sent to Federal Prison for trafficking meth
Weather: Sunny, Windy and not so Warm. High might get to 50
Sports: Alexander Central Basketball tips-off season tonight, hosting Davie County…Round II of State Football Playoffs this evening…NC State drops close one Thursday night to Ga Tech…LRU in NCAA Playoffs on Saturday…Browns beat Steelers in the snow…Panthers host Kansas City on Sunday…Judge and Ohtani win MVP’s
Jamie Lee Curtis
The tall and the short of it https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/world-tallest-shortest-women-meet-143841288.html
Plumbers say Black Friday is really Brown Friday https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/11/21/Brown-Friday-Yelp-most-clogged-cities/5851732211670/
Word of the Day: propitious [ pruh-pish-uhs ] Favorable. Favorably inclined; disposed to bestow favors. From Latin word propitius, a synonym of favorable and auspicious. All three essentially mean “pointing toward a happy outcome,” The young player has impressed with a propitious start”
Quote of the Day: “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool”… William Shakespeare