Thursday, November 2nd. Day 306 of 2023
It’s Stress Awareness Day. Being late probably stresses me as much as anthing
Happy Men Make Dinner Day !
1889: North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states
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
In the News: Light Early Voter turnout continues for Taylorsville Election…Two teens nabbed in Alexander County with stolen vehicle…Hickory woman charged in Alexander County…Stony Point woman arrested again…
Weather: Cold Start, Warming trend heading into weekend
Sports: Coach Carter says the Freedom game was fun, that’s how we can play…Rangers win the World Series…Bob Knight passes…Hornets lose on the road, looks like same old Hornets to me
Happy Birthday: Jay Black, Patrick Buchanan, Stefanie Powers, J. D. Souther, Maxine Nightingale, David Schwimmer, Nelly
Kate Gosselin is living in North Carolina https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kate-gosselin-reportedly-living-alone-171336728.html
Word of the Day: retrospection [ re-truh-spek-shuhn ] The action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past. Retrospect was probably formed from the prefix retro-, meaning “backward,” and the word (pro)spect from the Latin word prōspectus, “outlook, view.”
Quote of the Day: “If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins”… Benjamin Franklin