Friday, October 16th. Day 290 of 2020
It’s Dictionary Day. It’s painfully obvious, they’re neglected
1919: Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers’ Party
1923: The Walt Disney Company is founded
1928: Marvin Pipkin received a patent for the frosted electric light bulb
1964: China detonates its first nuclear weapon
1978: Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523
2000: It was announced that Chevron Corp. would be buying Texaco Inc. for $35 billion
In the News: Early Voting record set Thursday in Alexander County…9th COVID-19 associated death in Alexander County…Caldwell County D.A’s office closed after COVID result…Fire overnight in Ellendale Community…Taylorsville man charged with murder of mother makes court appearance…Alexander County woman held in jail…Another big drug bust in Iredell County
Weather: Fog early, mostly cloudy and cooler. Frost on the Pumpkin Saturday and Sunday morning
Sports: Braves erupt again, put Dodgers back to wall…Astros not dead yet…Cougars would have played at McDowell tonight…Busy Saturday in College Football…Panther head to Chicago…NASCAR will visit Dorothy this weekend
Happy Brithday: Angela Lansbury, Tim McCarver, Suzanne Somers, Tim Robbins, Wendy Wilson, John Mayer
Watching animals is good COVID therapy https://www.studyfinds.org/watching-nature-shows-can-cure-boredom-sadness/
Sweedish Yodllers spreading COVID-19 https://news.yahoo.com/finger-pointed-swiss-yodelling-superspreader-181201355.html
With the lack of human contact during the pandemic, would it help to bump (lightly) into each other’s cars in the Drive-Thru
Quote of the Day: “If an expert says it can’t be done, get another expert”…David Ben-Gurion (Born this day in 1886)