Friday, November 14th. Day 318 of 2025
Happy Pickle Day ! The nations largest independent producer of pickles is Mt Olive Pickle Company of Mt Olive, NC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Olive_Pickle_Company
1851: Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was first published in the U.S
1922: The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom
1967: American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for the world’s first laser
1968: Yale University announced it was going co-educational
1972: Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike
1979: President Carter issues an Executive Order that freezes all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis
1995: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs
2013: Notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes. He would be murdered by inmates in 2018
News: Deadline to enter 2025 Alexander County Christmas Parade is next Friday at 4pm…Taylorsville man back in jail…15-year-old shot and killed in Lincolnton…Woman who sold drugs in area now serving time in Federal Prison…Iredell County Sheriff’s Office conducting major drug sting
Weather: Sunshine mixed with clouds. High in 60’s. Even warmer this weekend
Sports: It’s Hoop Time at Alexander Central, Cougar Basketball tips-off season tonight…Round II of State Football Playoffs tonight…Patriots win again…Can Panthers recover against Atlanta on Sunday?…Ohtani and Judge named MVP’s
Happy Birthday: Fred Haise, King Charles III, James Young, Stephen Bishop, Yanni, Condoleezza Rice, Laura San Giacomo, Bill Hemmer, Curt Schilling, Josh Duhamel, Francisco Lindor
A Gator in Boston ? https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/zoology/look-baby-alligator-captured-in-boston-s-charles-river/ar-AA1QnTkY
Word of the Day: brindled [brin-dld] having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground. Such as a brindled dog. “The puppy had short brindled fur”
Quote of the Day: “Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.”… P. J. O’Rourke (Born this day in 1947)
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