Monday, October 26th. Day 299 of 2026
Happy Mule Day !
Happy Mule Day !
1825: The Erie Canal opened in upstate New York. The 363-mile canal connects Lake Erie and the Hudson River
1881: The “Gunfight at the OK Corral” took place in Tombstone, Arizona. The duel was between Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, Doc Holiday, and the Ike Clanton Gang
1958: Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris
1970: “Doonesbury,” the comic strip by Gary Trudeau, premiered in 28 newspapers
1990: Wayne Gretzky became the first NHL player to reach 2,000 points
1993: The NFL announced new franchises for Charlotte (Panthers) and Jacksonville (Jaguars)
2001: The United States passes the Patriot Act into law
2019: Raid by US Special Forces kills ISIS founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria
News: Taylorsville Police charge man with felony patient abuse…Early Voting continues…Newton woman held in Alexander County custody…Shots fired into Iredell County home, man charged…Troutman Police charge man who tried to stash meth in dog’s vest
Weather: Sunny and 70…again!
Sports: Cougar Football gets big win Friday night and earns a chance to at least share league title…AC Volleyball drops a heartbreaker in Regional Semi-Final…Former Cougar Jaon Connor commits to play Basketball at Wake Forest on Friday…Panthers lay an egg…Pack fires coach…Larson takes the flag at Talledega…World Series Game III tonight
Happy Birthday: Jaclyn Smith, Pat Sajak, Hillary Clinton, Rita Wilson, Dylan McDermott, Natalie Merchant, Keith Urban, Seth MacFarlane, Sasha Cohen
Protests and riots disrupt NFL weekend in France https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nfl-house-closes-paris-protests-115559405.html
Word of the Day; bereft [bih-reft] simple past tense and past participle of bereave, deprived. “When you see your bereft relatives at a funeral, it’s very sad, but if your friend says that their cookie is bereft of chocolate chips, you know they are using exaggerated language to be a little funny. “
Quote of the Day: “I told my kids when they were little, ‘Look, kids, your mother and I are screwing you up somehow. We don’t understand how, or we wouldn’t do it.”… Pat Conroy