Friday, September 11th
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
News: Hiddenite residence damaged after fire from out building spreads…Major expansion of manufacturer in Catawba County…Taylorsville Police make morning drug arrest…Stony Point woman already in jail now facing more charges…Taylorsville woman jailed in Iredell County…Armed Catawba County drug dealer given Federal Prison sentence
Weather: Sunny and 91. Boomer are likely on Saturday
Sports: Alexander Central Volleyball gets conference win…Cougar Football hosts Statesville tonight…49ers take down the Rams…Panther open against the Bears on Sunday…Some major matchup on Saturday in College Football…Braves gain a game on Phillies in front of series that begins tonight in Atlanta…Crawdads win to force deciding game III…NASCAR in Chicago
Happy Birthday: Brian De Palma, Lola Falana, Amy Madigan, Tommy Shaw, Kristy McNichol, Virginia Madsen, Maria Bartiromo, Harry Connick Jr, Ed Reed
Word of the Day: algorithm [al-guh-rith-uhm] Math-specific step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end, set of step-by-step instructions used by a computer system to achieve a particular result, commonly used nowadays for the set of rules a machine (and especially a computer) follows to achieve a particular goal. It does not always apply to computer-mediated activity, however. The term may as accurately be used of the steps followed in making a pizza or solving a Rubik’s Cube.
Quote of the Day: “Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended”… President George W. Bush