Monday, September 29. Day 272 of 2025
It’s National Coffee Day. Not for me, just can’t make myself like it
1789: The United States Department of War first established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men
1829: The Metropolitan Police of London is founded
1959: The first network football game was televised by CBS in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania
1962: President Kennedy nationalized the Mississippi National guard in response to city officials defying federal court orders. The orders had been to enroll James Meredith at the University of Mississippi
1973: “We’re An American Band” by Grand Funk Railroad goes #1
1982: In Chicago, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 264,000 bottles were recalled. It led to comprehensive safety-packaging reform
2005: John Roberts is sworn in a Supreme Court Justice
2008: The Dow falls 777 points, at the time the largest one-day drop ever
News: Fatal crash Saturday in Ashe County…Hiddenite man arrested and held without bond…Taylorsville man jailed for the third-time this month…Former Iredell-Statesville School Board member arrested…Suspect arrested in 2022 shooting death of Statesville teen…Newton man arested on child-sex charges
Weather: Clouds and showers to start the week
Sports: AC Women’s Golf and Men’s Soccer in action today…Panthers were pathetic on Sunday…NC State suffers bad loss, Wake falls in overtime, Duke Rolls and App State gets Smurfed on the Turf…United States almost comes back in Ryder Cup…Elliot goes overtime for win in Kansas…Baseball Playoff begin Tuesday
Happy Birthday: Ian McShane, Jean-Luc Ponty, Mike Post, Mark Farner, Bryant Gumbel, Andrew Dice Clay, Kevin Durant
Dolly has some health concerns https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/dolly-parton-postpones-las-vegas-222651051.html
Rory is right ! https://apnews.com/article/ryder-cup-rory-mcilroy-fans-behavior-86b5a189f6699a0734a77d27c9ebd8aa
Word of the Day: coalition [koh-uh-lish-uhn] act of coalescing, combination or alliance, especially a temporary one. A union into one body or mass. From Latin. “The groups united to form a coalition.”
Quote of the Day: Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level. “… Enrico Fermi (Born this day in 1901)
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