Thursday November 20th. Day 324 of 2025
It’s Pay Back Your Parents Day
It’s Great American Smokeout Day. If you smoke, STOP. If you don’t DON’T Start !
1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights
1873: Budapest was formed when the rival cities of Buda and Pest were united to form the capital of Hungary
1945: 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the Unite States ended its blockade of the island
1980: On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the top of the salt dome beneath the island. The freshwater lake completely drained within a few hours. The Delcambre Canal reversed flow and two days later the previous freshwater lake was a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake
1985: Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft, is released
1990: Saddam Hussein ordered another 250,000 Iraqi troops into the country of Kuwait
1998: Forty-six states agreed to a $206 billion settlement of health claims against the tobacco industry
News: Deadline to enter Alexander County Christmas Parade is Friday at 4pm…County Angel Tree Donations being accepted…ICE Agents conducting their lawful duties causing a stir in Catawba County…Sherrills Ford man gets prison term for trafficking meth…Granite Falls headed to prison for trafficking fentanyl…
Weather: Not quite as Sunny and not as warm but it’s November !
Sports: AC Women Hoops host Hibriten today…East-West Middle School Basketball battle at ACHS today…Hornets suffer ugly loss…Canes fall in overtime shootout…Bills at Texans tonight, I’ll take the Bison…Braves make some moves
Happy Birthday: Estelle Parsons, Dick Smothers, Joe Biden, Norman Greenbaum, Veronica Hamel, Joe Walsh, Bo Derek, Sean Young, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner, Carlos Boozer
Never have been a fan of Cowboy (Cowgirl) Hats but this Lady is different https://apnews.com/article/2025-country-music-awards-5cdeb94d12c71b8be2d6385ea623965d
Word of the Day: quixotic [kwik-sot-ik] foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals, marked by rash lofty romantic ideas that are doomed to fail, unpredictable. First quoted in Don Quixote in 1880’s. “Although seemingly dedicated, albeit flawed the activist continues her quixotic quest.”
Quote of the Day: “I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive.”… Carrie Fisher