Monday, November 27. Day 331 of 2023
It’s Cyber Monday !
1779: The College of Pennsylvania became the University of Pennsylvania. It was the first legally recognized university in America
1901: The Army War College was established
1924: The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is held in New York City
1965: The Pentagon tells President Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000
1973: The Senate voted to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president after the resignation of Spiro T. Agnew
1978: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay-rights activist, were shot to death inside City Hall by Dan White, a former supervisor
2009: 2009: Beware of the Angry Blonde! Tiger Woods crashes car near his Florida Mansion. This comes after his wife chases him from home a with Golf Club !
2013: “Frozen”, the highest-grossing animated film of all time is released
In the News: Man dies in Wilkes County crash on Sunday…It’s Parade Week in Alexander County…The Lighting of the Bethlehem Star is set for Saturday evening…Man arrested by Alexander County Deputies…Two injured in altercation near homeless camp in Hickory…Catawba County man jailed for trafficking heroin
Weather: Sunshine with High near 50. Cold Weather coming
Sports: Hickory Football reaches the Regional Finals, Bunker Hill loses…LRU advances to Round III after Saturday win…App State earns spot in Sun Belt Title game…State bullies Carolina again…Panthers drop to 1-10…Canes win…Hornets lose
Happy Birthday: Caroline Kennedy, Mike Scioscia, Robin Givens, Iván Rodríguez, Samantha Harris, Jaleel White
Do you remember HR Puffenstuf ? https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/26/entertainment/marty-krofft-kids-shows-obit/index.html
And the Word of the Year is https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-word-of-year-2023-a9fea610cb32ed913bc15533acab71cc
Word of the Day: smithereens [ smith-uh-reenz ] Small pieces, tiny bits. Smithereens is always used in the plural form. “The old building was blown to smithereens.”
Quote of the Day: “If we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him”… George Carlin