Friday October 24th. Day 297 of 2025
It’s Bologna Day
Happy Kangaroo Day !
1795: Poland was divided up between Austria, Prussia, and Russia
1929: Investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as “Black Tuesday.”
1945: The United Nations (UN) was formally established less than a month after the end of World War II. The Charter was ratified by China, France, Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States
1948: The term “Cold War” was used for the first time in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee
1962: The blockade of Cuba officially began and the United States went on the highest alert level since WWII
1989; Huckster PTL evangelist Jim Bakker is sentenced to 45 years in prison for fraud, but the sentence is later reduced to eight years on appeal
2003: The Concorde makes its last commercial flight
2008: “Bloody Friday” Many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices
2021: Tom Brady becomes the first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes when he hits Mike Evans in the first quarter of Tampa Bay’s 38-3 rout of the Chicago Bears
News; Registered Sex-offender nabbed in Taylorsville…Teen charged with long list of crimes in Alexander County…Hiddenite woman jailed without bond in Hickory…Iredell County Sheriff’s Office charge man with statutory rape and human trafficking…Will the Boone Golf Club close in favor of housing project ?
Weather: Sunny and 65. Very Dry, NO BURNING !
Sports: AC Volleyball falls in Rnd III but congrats on fine season…JV Football wins thriller…Can the Cougars win tonight in Morganton >…Chargers maul Minnesota…Panthers host Buffalo on Sunday…How serious is this gambling probe in the NBA ? Are we seeing just the tip of a nasty Ice Berg ?…World Series begins tonight, give me the Dodgers…Canes win in overtime shootout…
Happy Birthday: Bill Wyman, F. Murray Abraham, Kevin Cline, Ian Baker-Finch, Mary Bono, Tila Tequila, Kalen DeBoer, Drake
I’m certainly not against legal gambling but this has a stench https://apnews.com/article/betting-arrests-sports-gambling-poker-fa72cd1ced5bdaacfabe1688d873bf45
Word of the Day: trife [trahyf] trouble, struggle, a small amount or degree. To have lack of regard for other people. Word is of uncertain origin, perhaps shortened from trifling “The argument was trife and and unpleasant.”
Quote of the Day: “I love mankind; it’s people I can’t stand.”… Charles M. Schulz
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