Friday November 7th. Day 311 of 2025
It’s Jersey Friday. Wear your team’s Jersey
1874: The Republican party of the U.S. was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly
1893: The state of Colorado granted its women the right to vote
1908: Butch Cassisdy and the Sundance Kid (The real ones) are killed in Bolivia
1917: Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
1965: The “Pillsbury Dough Boy” debuted in television commercials
1973: New Jersey became the first state to permit girls to play on Little League Baseball teams
1991: Magic Johnson reveals he’s HIV positive
1994: WXYC , the University of North Carolina’s campus Radio Station, became the first station to stream audio on the internet. Good idea to stream audio from a Radio Station !
News: Taylorsville man jailed after he allegedly intentionally rammed another occupied vehicle…
Weather: Sunny and mid to upper 60’s. Weekend looks great but a cold air-mass coming early next week
Sports: Cougar Soccer wins in Round II behind Marion Weatherhead’s 4 goals…Cougar Football tonight in State Playoffs at Statesville…App falls Thursday night at home…Broncos take ugly win…Panthers have a chance to be a serious playoff contender if they don’t look past the Saints on Sunday…Canes win on home ice
Happy Birthday: Jim Kaat, Johnny Rivers, Joni Mitchell, David Petraeus, Lindsay Czarniak
Sad to say the Tower Project is still not complete as of this morning. The crew will return early today and should be finished by no later than the noon hour. We WILL BE ON AIR tonight for the Cougar Football Broadcast at 6pm
The Farmers Almanac to cease publication https://apnews.com/article/farmers-almanac-ceases-publication-f298627037891ce28da55a55e1bb3626
Talk about distracted driving ! https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/189746/couple-having-sex-90mph-moving-car-nearly-cause-pile-up-german-autobahn
Word of the Day: amity [am-i-tee] friendship; peaceful harmony, mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. From the Latin word for “friend,” amicus, and is used especially for relationships between political leaders and nations. “When the funeral ends, so will the amity among siblings”
Quote of the Day: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”… Marie Curie (Born this day in 1867)