Thursday October 30th. Day 303 of 2025
it’s Bandanna Day and Candy Corn Day
Caution before you do, Today is Text Your Ex Day !
1831: Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history
1938: Orson Welles’ “The War of the Worlds” aired on CBS radio. The belief that the realistic radio dramatization was a live news event about a Martian invasion caused panic across the nation
1945: Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers
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1961: The Soviet Union detonates the most powerful explosive device ever detonated
1972: 45 people were killed when two trains collided on Chicago’s south side
1995: Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favor of remaining a province of Canada
2021: 2021: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: The The Go-Go’s, Jay-Z, Carole King, Todd Rundgren and Billy Preston
News: Nearly 900 without power for nearly 4 hours in Taylorsville on Wednesday…Hickory street closed…Taylorsville man arrested overnight and held without bond…Hickory woman nabbed by authorities in Alexander County…McDowell County man jailed in Alexander County…Virginia man charged with child solicitation in Catawba County…Burke County Grand Jury indicts man for bilking investors
Weather: We clear with a high near 60. Breezy with winds around 15 mph
Sports: Cougar JV Football puts a wrap on season tonight at South Caldwell…Coach Marshall says team “didn’t show up” las Friday at Freedom…Panthers look like they’ll get Bryce Young on Sunday…Ravens and Dolphins tonight…Toronto too much for Dodgers and they can win World Series at home on Friday…Canes at home this evening, Hornets too
Happy Birthday: Dick Vermeil, Grace Slick, Otis Williams, Henry Winkler, Andrea Mitchell, Timothy B. Schmit, Harry Hamlin, Kevin Pollak, Ivanka Trump
In California, the trees smell like vomit https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/california-capitol-park-fenced-off-ginkgo-trees-21126885.php
Word of the Day: barrage [buh-rahzh] an overwhelming quantity, In Military terms, a heavy assault by artillery fire. From French. “When you near the age for Medicare, get ready for a barrage of mail and emails.”
Quote of the Day: “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”… Henry David Thoreau