Monday, October 12th. Day 285 of 2026
It’s Columbus Day or the day Italian Americans have a few too many
It’s Pulled Pork Day. There’s some people who do that very well in our area
Thanks to them all, It’s National Farmers Day !
1492: Christopher Columbus sighted Watling Island in the Bahamas. He thought he had found Asia while attempting to find a Western ocean route to India. The same day he claimed the land for Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain
1692: The Salem Witch Trials end by order from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips
Old East
Photo: Wikipedia
1938: Filming began on “The Wizard of Oz”
1960: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations
1998: The House of Representatives passed the Online Copyright Bill
2000: In Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39
2024: Spanish researchers, after studying genetic material, reveal Christopher Columbus is probably Spanish, not an Italian from Genoa as he claimed
News: Taylorsville man get life without parole for murder of grandmother…Taylorsville man charged with assault this morning…Conover man detained by Alexander County Deputies and Taylorsville Police…Fatal shooting in Caldwell County…Shot fired outside Hickory nightspot…Statesville man charged with attempted murder
Weather: After a soggy weekend, how does Sunny and 80 sound ?
Sports: Cougars win again, turn focus on Watauga…Three teams remain undefeated in NFL…Wake Forest cracks Top 25…New #1, it’s the Dawgs…Brewers take Game I of NLCS…ALCS begins this evening…Canes win 5th straight…Chase wins again in NASCAR
Happy Birthday: Tony Kubek, Sam Moore, Chris Wallace, Scott O’Grady, Hugh Jackman, Martie Maguire, Kirk Cameron, Bode Miller, Lara Trump
Word of the Day: picayune [pik-ee-yoon] of small value or importance, petty, carping, or prejudiced, any small coin, a town in SE Mississippi. From French” small copper coin” “Why focus on the picayune details, when it’s the larger ideas that are the real problem?”
Quote of the Day: “All generalizations are false, including this one.” … Mark Twain