Monday, October 2nd. Day 275 of 2023
It’s Custodial Worker Day ! They do most important work
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
In the News: Fire destroys abandoned home north of Taylorsville…Alexander County Board of Education to host Town Hall meeting Tuesday at ACHS…Wilkes County man gets two life sentences for pair of murders…Wilkes County man arrested on felony drug charges by Taylorsville Police…Statesville man arrested in Alexander County…Some charges dropped against Catawba County Register of Deeds
Weather: Get used to Sunny and 80 !
Sports: Cougars rally and beat Ashe County in overtime thriller…Panthers lose again…Duke loses game and QB (for a while)…App wins…Baseball Playoffs are set to begin Tuesday…Blaney wins at Talledega…Europe beats United States in Ryder Cup
Happy Birthday: Don McLean, Donna Karan, Annie Leibovitz, Mike Rutherford, Sting, Lorraine Bracco, Dereck Whittenburg, Kelly Ripa, Ricky Stenhouse Jr,
When will the leaves peak in the NC mountains ? https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/fall-color-2023-heres-when-and-where-to-see-leaves-change-in-nc/ar-AA1hmlGR
Word of the Day: garrulous [ gar-uh-luhs ] Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters. Garrulous comes from the Latin word garrulus, meaning talkative. Sentence: The garrulous woman rambles often about mundane topics.
Quote of the Day: “There is more to life than increasing its speed”…Mahatma Gandhi (Born this day in 1869)