Thursday, September 4th. Day 247 of 2025
It’s Newspaper Carrier Day. It saddens me there are almost no more
1781: Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula,” which translates as “The Town of the Queen of Angels.”
1833: Barney Flaherty answered an ad in “The New York Sun” and became the first newsboy/paperboy at the age of 10
1886: Geronimo, and the Apache Indians he led, surrendered in Skeleton Canyon in Arizona
1957: The Arkansas National Guard was ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep nine black students from going into Little Rock’s Central High School
1967: “Gilligan’s Island” aired for the last time on CBS-TV
1972: Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals
1998: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University
2002: Kelly Clarkson win the first American Idol
In the News: Some positive test results for Alexander County Schools…Music on the Square Saturday night in Taylorsville…Two women busted on drug charges by Alexander County Deputies…Taylorsville man back behind bars…Man charged with resisting arrest overnight
Weather: Sunny with a high around 83 today
Sports: Lady cougar Volleyball wins…Coach Marshall says team can still reach season goals…Both East and West Football lose openers…NFL kick-off tonight in Philly…
Happy Birthday: Ken Harrelson, Raymond Floyd, Tom Watson, Mike Piazza, Beyoncé
Word of the Day: vigilante [vij-uh-lan-tee] a person who takes law into own hands such as revenging a crime, often done with violence and without recourse to lawful procedures. A member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime. From Spanish meaning vigilant. “The son vowed vigilante justice for the murder of his mother”
Quote of the Day: “Retiring is just practicing up to be dead. That doesn’t take any practice”… Paul Harvey (Born this day in 1918)
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