Friday, December 5th. Day 339 of 2025. 20 Shopping Days Until Christmas
It’s Blue Jeans Day
Happy Bartender Day. Hail to the honorable profession !
1776: At The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized
1848: President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming the fact that gold had been discovered in California
1908: The University of Pittsburgh became the first College Football Team to use numbers on their uniforms
1933: Prohibition ended with the passage of the 21st Amendment. I’ll drink to that !
1945: The “Lost Squadron” disappeared. Five Navy Avenger bombers flyers began a training mission at the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They were never heard from again
1988: Jim Bakker and former aide Richard Dortch of the PTL Club were indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina on fraud and conspiracy charges
2008: O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery. He would serve less than 10
2018: The US State Funeral for former President George H. W. Bush is held
News: Alexander County Schools having Remote Learning on Friday…Christmas Parade rolls Saturday at 3pm in Taylorsville…Town of Taylorsville announces wastewater spill…Taylorsville man arrested for fourth time since September…Conover man gets minimum 6 years is prison for trafficking fentanyl…Chase after crime spree in Caldwell County…
Weather: Rain to start on Friday. Clouds rule Saturday but we stay dry for the Parade
Sports: Hickory falls to Crest in Football West Regional Final…Watauga moves 6A game to Saturday, 4A Maiden at Brevard tonight…Lions Roar over Cowboys…Panthers in Bye Week…College Football Conference Championships this weekend…Canes trounced by Toronto
Happy Birthday: Andy Kim, Jim Messina, Jim Plunkett, Lanny Watkins, Morgan Brittany, Art Monk, Margaret Cho, Ross Bagley
Word of the Day: impervious [im-pur-vee-uhs] not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable, incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected. From Latin dating to the 1600’s. “He seems impervious to injury.”
Quote of the Day: ‘I’d like to have the fortune, but I don’t care too much about the fame.”… J. J. Cale