Monday, November 24th. Day 328 of 2025
It’s Sardines Day. Strange I would eat them as a youngster but now they make me wretch
Happy DB Cooper Day ! *
1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
1874: Joseph F. Glidden was granted a patent for a barbed fencing material know as “Barbed Wire”
1963: Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald live on national television just 2 days after Oswald had allegedly assassinated President Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOx_tTQlEfY
*1971: Hijacker D.B. Cooper, parachuted from a Northwest Airlines 727 over Washington state with $200,000 in ransom. He’s never been found but rumors of him hiding out in Stony Point have never been dispelled https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper
1973: A national speed limit is imposed on the Autobahn in Germany because of the 1973 oil crisis. The speed limit lasts only four months
1993: Congress gave its final approval to the Brady handgun control bill
1998: AOL (America Online) announced a deal for their purchase of Netscape for $4.21 billion
News: Hickory man charged with trafficking cocaine after Alexander County vehicle chase…Three charged with meth trafficking make court appearances in Taylorsville today…Stony Point woman charged with assaulting Detention Officer…Maiden man gets long prison sentence for murder of ex girlfriend’s mother
Weather: Sunny, not as warm. Showers coming Tuesday
Sports: 5 new Alexander County Athletes enshrined tonight in the Sports Hall of Fame…Watauga Hickory, Maiden and Hibriten advance in State Football Playoffs…Panthers play 49ers tonight, a win give them outright division lead…Wake Forest gets 8th win on Saturday…Canes lose on Sunday…
Happy Birthday: Oscar Robertson, Lee Michaels, Pete Best, Colin Hanks, Katherine Heigl, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Sarah Hyland
Was Marilyn Monroe murdered ? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/arts/james-patterson-interview-marilyn-monroe-book-1236429541/
Word of the Day: commodity [kuh-mod-i-tee] a basic material or product which can be purchased in large quantities for the production of other goods and services, something of use, advantage, or value. From Anglo French and Latin meaning “timeliness, convenience” “Corn reached a new high in the commodity market.”
Quote of the Day: “Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”… William F. Buckley, Jr (Born this day in 1925)