Monday, September 28th. Day 271 of 2026
It’s Good Neighbor Day, Self Awareness Day, and Drink Beer Day
1787: Congress voted to send the new Constitution of the United States to the state legislatures for their approval
1920: Nine members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted in what was called the “Black Sox Scandal.” They were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds
Ted Williams
1951: The first color televisions are marketed but production was halted less than a month later
1995: Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat sign the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
2000: The U.S. Federal Drug Administration approved the use of RU-486. The pill is used to induce an abortion
2004: The newly designed $50 bill is introduced
2022: Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida as a category four storm, killing 169 and doing $113 billion in damage, becoming Florida’s costliest hurricane and the deadliest in 89 years
News: Stony Point m,an bust on felony drug charges again…Alexander County Deputies arrest Vale resident and charge him assault…Wilkes County man murdered in California…Morganton man arrested on murder charge…Arson charge filed in Catawba County…Deputies arrest Tennessee man in Catawba County and charge him with felony sexual-exploitation
Weather: Sunny and 75
Sports: Big week for Cougar Football with conference opener looming on Friday…Panthers lose tough one in Cleveland…NC State gets win they had to have…Wake knocks off Lousiville…MLB Playoffs begin Tuesday…US beats the World in Golf…Larson too much in Kansas
Happy Birthday: Steve Largent, Grant Fuhr, Johnny Dawkins , Janeane Garofalo, Mira Sorvino, Hilary Duff
Big changes coming to the Golden Arches https://finance.yahoo.com/healthcare/articles/glp-1-weight-loss-drugs-211531044.html
Word of the Day: hoopla [hoop-lah] bustling excitement or activity; commotion; hullabaloo; to-do, sensational publicity; ballyhoo, a fairground game in which a player tries to throw a hoop over an object and so win it…”When people get too excited about something, you can describe it as hoopla.”
Quote of the Day: “It is better to be unfaithful than to be faithful without wanting to be.”… Brigitte Bardot (Born this day in 1934)