Friday, October 2nd. Day 275 of 2026
It’s World Smile Day !
1789: The United States Bill of Rights are sent to the States for ratification
1919: President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed
1950: “Peanuts,” the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers
1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court
1970: An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people
1984: Papa John’s Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana
2002: The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people
2016: After 67 seasons at the microphone, Vin Scully calls his final Dodgers game
News: Alexander County couple charged after child ingests drugs…Taylorsville man back in jail…Local man detained for felony probation violation…Big changes at the NC DMV
Weather: Sunny and 86 today. Rain arrives for the weekend
Sports: Coach Marshall says St Stephens is a very dangerous foe tonight…Browns hold-off Steelers…Panthers in spotlight Sunday night…Some biggies this weekend in college football…Braves slug their way to NLDS…
Happy Birthday: Don McLean, Donna Karan, Annie Leibovitz, Mike Rutherford, Sting, Lorraine Bracco, Derek Whittenburg, Kelly Ripa, Ricky Stenhouse Jr
Swoosh stock is falling, what\s up with Nike ? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/top-stocks/this-could-be-the-worst-year-ever-for-nike-s-stock-with-sales-set-to-fall-further/ar-AA2dnwkq?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6abf82911fbd42eb80134f2c74d397cf&ei=17
Word of the Day: atrophy [a-truh-fee] wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage, degeneration, decline, or decrease, as from disuse. The term is also used in a more general way to refer to a wasting process: “Since he stopped playing, his piano skills have atrophied.”
Quote of the Day: “Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.”… Mahatma Gandhi