Friday, September 12. Day 255 of 2025
It’s Police Woman Day and Stand Up To Cancer Day
1866: “The Black Crook” opened in New York City. It was the first American burlesque show
1922: The Episcopal Church removed the word “Obey” from the bride’s section of wedding vows
1944: United States troops enter Germany for the first time in WWII
1954: “Lassie” made its television debut on CBS
1962: President Kennedy delivers his “We choose to go to the Moon” speech at Rice University
1988: Gilbert, the strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica
2013: NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first man made object to enter interstellar space
News: September is Emergency Preparedness Month, do you have a plan ?…Taylorsville man jailed without bond…Alexander County man serving suspended sentence arrested and jailed…Lenoir man charge with larceny of motor vehicle in Alexander County…Hudson man gets major prison sentence for child-sex crimes
Weather: As Good as it Gets !
Sports: AC Volleyball, Men’s Soccer gets win…JV Football falls in overtime…Coach Marshall says team is ready for Statesville tonight…NC State comes from behind to beat Wake…Packers beat Washington…Panther play at Arizona on Sunday
Happy Birthday: Linda Gray, Maria Muldaur, Joe Pantoliano, Rachel Ward, Jennifer Nettles, Jennifer Hudson, Freddie Freeman, Andrew Luck. Kelsea Ballerini
Some good news https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/mortgage-rates-finally-sinking-fast-162316301.html
Word of the Day: heavy water: water in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium, used chiefly as a coolant in nuclear reactors. The compound D2O composed of deuterium and oxygen. “Spent fuel from heavy water reactors contains plutonium suitable for a nuclear bomb.”
Quote of the Day: “Although I wasn’t invited to shake hands with Hitler, I wasn’t invited to the White House to shake hands with the President either”… Jesse Owens (Born this day in 1913)
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