Tuesday, October 22nd. Day 196 of 2024
It’s Smart is Cool Day and Stuttering Awareness Day
1746: The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It’s now Princeton University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University
1836: Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas
1934: FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd in Ohio
1962: President Kennedy announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval “quarantine” of the Communist nation
1981: The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August
1986: President Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law
2012: Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping
2019: Same-sex marriage is legalized, and abortion is decriminalized in Northern Ireland
In the News: Another 1,500 votes cast on Monday in Alexander County…Taylorsville home destroyed by fire…Man charged with felony drug charges this morning…Taylorsville man facing charges in two counties…Taylorsville man charged in Iredell County…North Wilkesboro Police investigating body found last Friday
Weather: How can it get better ? Sunny and 75
Sports: Cougar Soccer beats South Caldwell…AC Women’s Tennis knocked out of State Playoffs…Lady Cougar Golf in Regionals today in Statesville…Volleyball at Lake Norman…Hickory’s JT Poston wins over $1 million in Vegas Tournament…Ravens and Cardinals get Monday night wins…Canes at Edmonton tonight…NBA’s meaningless regular season begins tonight
Happy Birthday: Christopher Lloyd, Catherine Deneuve, Jeff Goldblum, Shelby Lynne, Ichiro Suzuki
A record is a record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/21/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-playing-card-blow/4411729530662/
Word of the Day: suborn [ suh-bawrn ] To bribe or induce (someone) unlawfully or secretly to perform some misdeed or to commit a crime. To induce (a person, especially a witness) to give false testimony. To obtain (false testimony) from a witness. From Latin meaning to instigate secretly, prepare clandestinely. Sentence: “The drug cartel made every effort to suborn the jury”
Quote of the Day: “If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?”… Steven Wright