Thursday, October 16th. Day 289 of 2025
Happy Dictionary Day ! Noah Webster was born this day in 1758. He published the first English language dictionary in 1838. Buy one and use it
1793: During the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded after being convicted of treason
1875: Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah
1916: Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in New York City
1962: President Kennedy was informed that there were missile bases in Cuba, beginning the Cuban missile crisis
1968: Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos famously give the Black Power salute on the 200 m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African Americans
1964: China detonates their first atomic bomb
1987: Rescuers freed Jessica McClure from the abandoned well that she had fallen into in Midland, TX. She was trapped for 58 hours
1995: Million Man March held in Washington, D.C. (over 830,000 African American men attend)
In the News: Biggest event each year in the Apple Festival and it’s Saturday…Good economic news from Catawba County…Stony Point woman jailed under large bond….Taylorsville man jailed on Caldwell County warrants…Claremont man arrested in Alexander County… Iredell County Pastor arrested in Florida on human trafficking charges
Weather: Sunny and 75 !
Sports: AC Women’s Tennis wins Round II State Playoff Match…AC Men’s Soccer win again…Lady Cougar Volleyball falls in Conference Tournament Final…JV Football tonight at Watauga…Marshall says everybody is claiming credit for blocked kick against McDowell…East Carolina on the tube again tonight…Steels at Cincy in NFL Thursday night tilt…Toronto roars against Seattle in ALCS…NLCS resumes today with Dodgers up 2-0
Happy Birthday: Fred Turner, Leo Mazzone, Tim Robbins, Wendy Wilson, John Mayer, Sue Bird, Bryce Harper
Are you over 60 ? https://studyfinds.org/people-hit-functional-peak-around-60/
Click for incredible photos https://nypost.com/2025/10/15/world-news/polar-bears-take-over-abandoned-soviet-era-research-station/#5
Word of the Day: spoor [ spohr] a track or trail, especially that of a wild animal pursued as game. Verb: To track by or follow a spoor. From German. Snow had fallen less than an hour ago, and this spoor is on top of it.”
Quote of the Day: “Sitcom. I hate that word”… Angela Lansbury (Born this day in 1925)