Thursday, October 10th. Day 284 of 2024
It’s World Mental Health Day
Happy Hug a Drummer Day !
1780: A Hurricane kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. It’s still the Atlantic’s deadliest recorded hurricane
1845: The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Maryland
1887: Thomas Edison organized the Edison Phonograph Company
1966: The Beach Boys release “Good Vibrations”
1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion
Lawrence Taylor
2002: Congress approves the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
2018: Hurricane Michael makes landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 hurricane. It kills 57 people in the United States, 45 in Florida, and causes an estimated $25.1 billion in damage
In the News: Liledoun Road Bridge close until furter her notice….Cow vrs Cow overnight north of Taylorsville…Deadline to register to vote in Friday…Statesville rejects big housing project…Taylorsville woman sentenced to detention…Stony Point woman facing charges
Weather: More Wonderful Weather. Sunshine and 70 today
Sports: Cougar Athletes return to competition and roar…JV Football in town tonight…Coach Carter comments on season so far…Mets slam Phils…Dodgers blank Padres…Yanks and Tigers win
Happy Birthday: Ben Vereen, Nora Roberts, David Lee Roth, Tanya Tucker, Julia Sweeny, Brett Favre, Dale Earnhardt Jr, Aimee Teegarden, Geno Smith
Idaho man dribbles into the record book https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/09/Guinness-World-Records-David-Rush-blindfolded-basketball/2241728498681/
Word of the Day: cajole [ kuh-johl ] Verb used to persuade flattery or promises. to weedle or coas. From French. Sentence: “The politician was a master at cajoling the voters.”
Quote of the Day: “Johnny Cash was like Abraham Lincoln to me”… John Prine (Born this day in 1946)