Monday, November 13. Day 317 of 2023
It’s World Kindness Day ! Here’s to it
1789: Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend in which he said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
1805: Johann George Lehner, a Viennese butcher, invented a recipe and called it the “frankfurter.”
1927: The Holland Tunnel opened to the public, providing access between New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River
1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure lowering the minimum draft age from 21 to 18
1956: The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on public buses
1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC
1995: Greg Maddox of the Atlanta Braves became the first major league pitcher to win four consecutive Cy Young Awards
2006: A deal was finalized for Google to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion
In the News: No school for elementary students today in Alexander County…An audit of the Taylorsville Election is scheduled for today…Pedestrian struck in Wilkes County…Taylorsville Police charge woman with shoplifting…Troutman Police searching for suspect in fatal shooting
Weather: Sunshine and around 65 today
Sports: Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame Ceremony is a week from tonight…Watauga, Hickory and Bunker Hill advance to Round III of State Football Playoffs…Panthers didn’t lose on Sunday…Lenoir-Rhyne earns home playoff game…NC State women beat #1 Uconn
Happy Birthday: Peter Arnett, Joe Mantegna, Chris Noth, Whoopi Goldberg, Neil Flynn, Vinny Testaverde, Jimmy Kimmel
Have you ever seen a pink pond ? https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/11/10/pink-pond-Hawaii-Maui/8211699641647/
Word of the Day: encapsulate [ en-kap-suh-leyt] To place in or as if in a capsule. To summarize or condense.
Quote of the Day: “Wine is bottled poetry”… Robert Louis Stevenson (Born this day in 1850)