Monday, September 23rd. Day 267 of 2024. Down to 99 days till New Year
It’s Redhead Appreciation Day
1780: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers He has papers exposing Benedict Arnold’s treason
1806: The Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark expedition, reached St. Louis and ended the trip to the Pacific Northwest
1930: Flashbulbs were patented by Johannes Ostermeier
1957: Nine black students withdrew from Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas due to the white mob outside
1962: The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City
1990: Ken Burns epic documentary “The Civil War” begins airing on PBS
1991: U.N. weapons inspectors find documents detailing Iraq’s secret nuclear weapons program
1994: “The Shawshank Redemption”, directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, is released
In the News: Man expected to recover after being shot Sunday in Alexander County…Man dies in Wilkes County Jail…Multiple accidents over the weekend in county, none fatal…Man dies in Wilkes County jail…Former Statesville Pastor back in jail
Weather: Clouds, showers and not as hot. It was 90 on Sunday
Sports: Battered Cougars head into bye-week at 2-3 after loss Friday night…Who were those guys wearing Panther uniforms on Sunday ? Mack hearing uproar after Tar Heels get face-planted at home…Last week of regular season in Baseball
Happy Birthday: Julio Iglesias, Mary Kay Place, Bruce Springsteen, Larry Mize, Jason Alexander
Royal Flush [ roi-uhl -fluhsh ] The highest possible hand in poker. It consists of the Ten-Jack-Queen-King and Ace of the same suit. The odds against making a royal flush are 649,739-to-1.
Quote of the Day: “Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you”… John Wooden