Thursday, October 24th. Day 298 of 2024
It’s Kangaroo Day
Happy Bandana Day !
1795: Poland was divided up between Austria, Prussia, and Russia
1929: Investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as “Black Tuesday.”
1945: The United Nations (UN) was formally established less than a month after the end of World War II. The Charter was ratified by China, France, Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States
1948: The term “Cold War” was used for the first time in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee
1962: The blockade of Cuba officially began and the United States went on the highest alert level since WWII
2003: The Concorde makes its last commercial flight
2008: “Bloody Friday” Many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices
In the News: More that 30% of Alexander County’s voters have cast an early ballot…Town of Taylorsville will hold public meeting to resolve agreement with Catawba County ABC Board…Iredell-Statesville Schools approve measure for reduced funding for new high school in Troutman…Wilkes County man dies in logging accident…Wilkes Deputies shoot and kill suspect…Staesville man enters plea in shooting death of Hickory man…Burke County chase ends with arrest…Taylorsville man facing multiple out-of-county probation charges…
Weather: More of the same. Sunshine and 75
Sports: Cougar Soccer beats South Caldwell…JV Football at home tonight for ACHS…Coach Carter says the team attitude is great after drubbing last Friday to Watauga…Young to start at QB for Panthers on Sunday…NC State QB retires…Hickory Crawdads to take on Alter Ego…Will the World Series ever begin?
F Murray Abraham
This book is long overdue https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/10/22/paterson-Public-Library-book-100-years-overdue/5591729628381/
Word of the Day: byte [ bahyt ] A unit of computer information or data-storage capacity that consists of a group of eight bits and that is used especially to represent an alphanumeric character. First recorded in 1959; origin uncertain
Quote of the Day: “Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply”… Stephen Covey (Born this day in 1932)