Thursday, November 14. Day 319 of 2024
It’s National Seat Belt Day
Happy Pickle Day ! The nations largest independent producer of pickles is Mt Olive Pickle Company of Mt Olive, NC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mt._Olive_Pickle_Company
1851: Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was first published in the U.S
1922: The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom
1967: American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for the world’s first laser
1968: Yale University announced it was going co-educational
1972: Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike
1979: President Carter issues an Executive Order that freezes all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis
1995: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs
2013: Notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes. He would be murdered by inmates in 2018
In the News: Hickory Police Officer involved in crash…Alexander County Schools get clean audit…Christmas Parade entries still be accepted…Man facing long list of Alexander County charges
Weather: Cold November Rain today. High in the 40’s !
Sports: Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony tickets are on sale…Cougar Football hopes today is not last practice of season…Good one tonight in NFL, Washington at Philly…Canes lose on road…NC State, Wake Forest, Charlotte and LRU get hoop wins…Angels sign former Brave
Happy Birthday: Fred Haise, King Charles III, James Young, Stephen Bishop, Yanni, Condoleezza Rice, Laura San Giacomo, Bill Hemmer, Curt Schilling, Josh Duhamel, Francisco Lindor
More Yellowstone https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/yellowstone-premiere-record-ratings-rips-200614754.html
And the Sexiest Man Alive is https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/celebrity/john-krasinski-is-peoples-sexiest-man-alive-what-that-says-about-us/ar-AA1u1xMk
Word of the Day: omnipotent [ om-nip-uh-tuhnt ] Having infinite power or authority. From Latin meaning all-powerful. “Middle East nations grew to have omnipotent power and wealth based on their oil reserves.”
Quote of the Day: “If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring”… Marya Mannes (Born this day in 1904)