Monday, November 2nd. Day 306 of 2026
I’ll pass but it’s Deviled Egg Day
1889: North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th States
1898: Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota
1920: KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station in America
1947: Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the “Spruce Goose”), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built
1948: Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.”
1956: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip
1983: President Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1984: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. She was executed in Raleigh for the murder of her husband but confessed to a total of 6 homicides
2016: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years
News: Early Voting ends Saturday with Alexander County turnout at 33 percent…County Commissioners meet this evening…Taylorsville man had tasered in Friday morning arrest…Taylorsville woman arrested on felony drug trafficking warrants from Iredell County…Stony Point woman jailed in Catawba County…Hickory man charged with rape…Ashe County man convicted of shooting Tennessee Deputy
Weather: Clouds to start, Sunny afternoon with a high in mid 60’s
Sports: Cougar Football Slams South Caldwell and gets First Round Bye in Playoffs…AC Soccer begins Playoff Action on Thursday…Winter Sports begins officially today in North Carolina…No more undefeated teams in NFL…Tar Heels almost beat Miami…Byron way too much in Martinsville…Canes wallop Winnipeg
Happy Birthday: Jay Black, Patrick Buchanan, Stefanie Powers, Maxine Nightingale, Dale Brown, David Schwimmer, Nelly, Jordan Love
A town where everybody knows your name https://www.the-sun.com/news/17238091/
Word of the Day: ad infinitum [ad in-fuh-nahy-tuhm] without end; endlessly; to infinity. From Latin.
“The speaker continued ad infinitum.”
Quote of the Day: “I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.”… Daniel Boone