Wednesday, September 11th 2024. Day 255 of 2024
It’s Patriot Day. On this day in 2001, four planes were hijacked and crashed into the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon causing the deaths of 2,977 people. The fourth plane (United Airlines Flight 93) was directed at Washington DC, but its passengers bravely attempted to take back control and it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. We must never forget !
1609: Explorer Henry Hudson sailed into New York harbor and discovered Manhattan Island and the Hudson River
1789: Alexander Hamilton was appointed by U.S. President George Washington to be the first secretary of the treasury
1936: Boulder Dam in Nevada was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt by turning on the dam’s first hydroelectric generator. The dam is now called Hoover Dam
1941: The groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon took place.
1959: Congress passed a bill authorizing the creation of food stamps
1967: The Carol Burnett Show premiered on CBS
1985: Pete Rose playing with the Cincinnati Reds got hit number 4,192 to break the record held by Ty Cobb
1999: The Wall Street Journal reported that Bayer Corp. had quit putting a wad of cotton in their bottles of aspirin. Bayer had actually stopped the practice earlier in the year
In the News: Conover man facing child-sex charge in Alexander County…Alexander County Commissioners approve resolution for CVCC…County School enrollment down about 100 students from a year ago…Morganton man in Alexander County Jail…Hickory man sent to prison for sexual exploitation of child
Weather: Sunny and 80
Sports: Cougar Soccer beats Statesville…AC Women’s Golf 2nd in league match…Whitaker named Taylorsville Savings Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week…JV Football at home tonight…Cougar Varsity getting ready for Thursday night battle at Burns…Braves explode against the Nats but Brzykcy pitches a scoreless inning…Mets lose and drop into tie with Atlanta…Baltimore within half-game of Yankees…White Sox record now 33-113 !
Happy Birthday: Brian De Palma, Amy Madigan, Tommy Shaw, Kristy McNichol, Virginia Madsen, Maria Bartiromo, Harry Connick Jr, Ed Reed
Generation Z says kids are out https://www.cbsnews.com/news/millennials-gen-z-childless-money-finances-massmutual/
One of America’s most iconic brands is doing a name change https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/campbell-dropping-soup-name-211505411.html
Turn on the Radio or listen online at 7:40 this morning for a conversation with Michael Gerber of Heritage Sandwich Shop and Deli. He’ll let us in on why those sandwiches are so darned delicious !
Word of the Day: levity [ lev-i-tee ] A lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness . From the Latin levitās, “lightness, frivolity,” “During the tense meeting, his joke brought a moment of levity that eased the atmosphere.”
Quote of the Day: “Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended”… President George W. Bush