Friday, October 29th. Day 302 of 2021
It’s Internet Day . Gee that’s become pretty big, eh ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
Do the Rag, it’s Bandana Day
Happy Cat Day ! I like cats but they don’t much like anybody
1618: Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded under a sentence that had been brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I
1929: America’s Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock market.
1945: The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each
1969: The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school segregation
1998: The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with John Glenn on board. Glenn was 77 years old. He was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962
2008: Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world’s largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five
2012: Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages
In the News: Newton man and Taylorsville woman facing child-sex charges…Hiddenite woman in jail again…Nine new cases of COVID-19 reported Thursday in Alexander County…Wilkes County man charged with peeping on campus of App State University
Weather: Clouds and Showers today, things get better over the weekend
Sports: Cougars need win tonight to avoid losing season…East Carolina gets Thursday night win…Can UNC get a win in South Bend ?…Big showdown for LRU Saturday…Packers stun Arizona…Is there anything in the Panther tank ?…World Series shifts to Atlanta this evening…Canes stay perfect
Happy Birthday: Melba Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Kate Jackson, Dan Castellaneta, Joely Fisher, Winona Ryder
New Words added by Merriam-Webster Dictionary https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/new-words-in-the-dictionary
Facebook gets a name change https://apnews.com/article/facebook-meta-mark-zuckerberg-technology-business-5ad543ab7780caae435935f0aca9fac6
Come on Braves, let’s do this !!!
Quote of the Day: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can”…Arthur Ashe