Thursday, November 6th. Day 310 of 2025
It’s Basketball Day, Saxophone Day and Men Make Dinner Day
Happy Nacho Day !
1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected as the nations’ 16th President
1923: Jacob Schick was granted a patent for the electric shaver
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President for the 4th time
1947: Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC
1984: Ronald Reagan is re-elected as President. He wins 49 states over Democrat Walter Mondale
1991: Russian President Boris Yeltsin outlaws the Communist Party
1995: Art Modell, the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to move his team to Baltimore. The franchise is now the Baltimore Ravens
2012: Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate
News: Fatal shooting in Wilkes County…Human remains discovered in Valdese…Taylorsville man jailed without bond in Catawba County…Stony Point man arrested by Iredell County Deputies…Taylorsville man nabbed for shoplifting on Wednesday…Lenoir man gets 12-15 year prison term for violent crimes
Weather: Sunny and 65
Sports: Cougar Soccer hosts Round II Playoff Match this evening…AC Football hopes today’s practice is not the last one of the season. Coach Marshall says team is ready and confident…App hosts Ga Souther tonight…Thursday NFL, Vegas and Denver…Dowdle fined by NFL…Braves exercise options on Sale and Albies
Happy Birthday: Sally Field, Maria Shriver, Lori Singer, Ethan Hawke, Rebecca Romijn, Emma Stone
Fish in Michigan are getting smaller and researchers are bewildered as to why https://studyfinds.org/lake-fish-shrinking-scientists-puzzled/
Word of the Day: Rastafarian [ras-tuh-fair-ee-uhn] a follower of a religion, originating in Jamaica, whose followers regard the late Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I as the messiah and themselves as exiles awaiting return to Africa, the Promised Land. Followers employ the ritualistic use of marijuana and forbid the cutting of hair. “Bob Marley a self-professed Rastafarian.”
Quote of the Day: “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”… Zig Ziglar (Born this day in 1926)