Thursday, September 14th. Day 257 of 2023
Happy Eat A Hoagie Day and Cream Filled Donut Day
1814: The poem Defense of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner
1901: President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
1959: The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon
1972: The Waltons premiered on CBS
1984: Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean
1994: The Major League Baseball season was canceled because of a strike
2001: The FBI releases the names of 19 suspected hijackers that has taken part in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States
2020: Israel becomes the First country to announce a second national lockdown due to COVID-19
In the News: Voter Id required for Town of Taylorsville election…Taylorsville Town Board has work session this morning…Stony Point man facing charges in Iredell County…Taylorsville woman arrested on felony drug charge…Taylorsville man sent to jail for contempt of court
Weather: Sunshine mixed with a few clouds. High near 80
Sports: AC Soccer battles South Iredell to scoreless draw…Big Win for East Falcon Football…JV Football tonight at home vrs Sun Valley…Coach Carter says the team just needs to get healthier…Panthers have serious injury woes…Braves win Division…Crawdads face elimination tonight
Happy Birthday; Walter Koenig, Larry Brown, Joey Heatherton, Jon “Bowser” Bauman, Sam Neill, Faith Ford, Tony Finau
He was the World’s Tallest Dog https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/world-tallest-dog-zeus-great-144501094.html
Man completes swimming the Hudson River https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lewis-pugh-swims-hudson-river/
Word of the Day: plat [ plat ] A plot of land. A plan or map, as of pertaining to land.
Quote of the Day: “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”…Sydney J. Harris (Born this day in 1917)