Friday, November 6th. Day 311 of 2020. 55 Days remain in year
It’s Nachos Day !
Happy Love Your Lawyer Day ! It depends on what they’ve done for you lately
It’s Saxophone Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/saxophone-day/
1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th President
1869: In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers beat Princeton 6–4, in the first official College Football Game
1923: Jacob Schick was granted a patent for the electric shaver
1947: “Meet the Press” debuts on NBC
1994: For the first time in 193 years, the New York Stock Exchange remains open on election day. Ronald Reagan is elected to a 2nd term in a landslide carrying 49 states
1995: Art Modell, the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to move his team to Baltimore where they became the Ravens
In the News: Two additional COVID-19 associated deaths reported in Alexander County…Taylorsville teen facing additional charges…Alexander County man facing charges in Caldwell County…Home burns where three murders have occurred…Shooting overnight in Catawba County
Weather: Sunny with a high near 70. Weekend looks great !
Sports: Tonight would have been Cougar Football’s regular season finale vrs South Caldwell, playoff brackets would have been released Saturday…NC State hosts Miami this evening…Packers end losing streak…Panthers will head to KC…NASCAR heads to season finale…LRU Baseball getting new turf field
No Take-out, No Booze in Paris ! https://news.trust.org/item/20201105125957-dylge
Could a part of Oregon defect to Idaho ? https://news.yahoo.com/tired-blue-state-life-rural-233013516.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZHJ1ZGdlcmVwb3J0LmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGC47Fz
Let’s see: 1-2-5-9-12…that’s the math method used by precincts where more people vote than were registered
Happy Birthday: Sally Field, Maria Shriver, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Hawke, Emma Stone
Quote of the Day: “The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play ‘Drop the Handkerchief'”… James Naismith (The inventor of Basketball, born this day in 1861)