Thursday, September 17th. Day 260 of 2026
It’s Country Music Day,
1787: Happy Constitution Day! The Constitution was signed by delegates at the Constitutional Convention
1911: The first transcontinental airplane flight started. It took C.P. Rogers 82 hours to fly from New York City to Pasadena, CA
1930: Construction on Boulder Dam, later renamed Hoover Dam, began in Black Canyon, near Las Vegas
1976: “M*A*S*H” premiered on CBS
1978: The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt
1983: Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America
2001: The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression
2010: Final episode of soap opera “As the World Turns” is broadcast, ending a 54-year run
News: Alexander County Board of Elections begins testing voting equipment today…Two Bethlehem women charged Tuesday with prostitution remain in jail…Stony Point woman back in jail…Hickory man jailed for felony larceny in Alexander County…Statesville woman jailed for intention child abuse…Maiden man gets prison sentence for Lincoln County stabbing death
Weather: Hot and Muggy !
Sports: Cougar Soccer host South Iredell today…Coach Marshall says he’s proud of team for not falling into Statesville’s penalty trap…Lions at Bills this evening…Cleveland takes division lead…Canes open camp today
Happy Birthday: Phil Jackson, Cassandra Peterson, Rita Rudner, Rasheed Wallace, Jimmie Johnson, Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Mahomes, Auston Mathews
Sure hope this is true https://studyfinds.com/reading-linked-lower-stress-better-brain-health/
Word of the Day: thorax [thawr-aks] the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs, corresponding part in other vertebrates, part of an insect’s body between the head and abdomen, which bears the wings and legs. From Latin and Greek meaning breastplate or chest.
Quote of the Day: “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.”… Sam Levenson