Thursday, October 1st. Day 274 of 2026
It’s World Bluegrass Day, Pumpkin Spice Day and Homemade Cookies Day
1890: Yosemite National Park is established by Congress
1891: Stanford University opens it’s doors
1908: Ford introduces the Model T at a price of $825
1940: The Pennsylvania Turnpike opens to traffic
1962: Johnny Carson began hosting the “Tonight” show on NBC
1971: Walt Disney World opened in Orlando
1982: Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan
1997: Carolina Hurricanes lose franchise’s debut NHL game, 4-2 to Tampa Bay Lightning
2017: Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in a mass shooting at festival on the Las Vegas Strip. The gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide
News: Alexander County native to perform at White House over Christmas Holiday…Taylorsville Police make felony drug arrest overnight…Statesville woman held in Alexander County custody…Valdese woman charged with threatening to blow-up a home…Lenoir woman arrested after leaving child in sun for hours
Weather: Sunny and 85
Sports: Pierce leads ACHS Volleyball to another win…Cougar Soccer battles Watauga to draw…Coach Marshall says bye-week went great…Eat and West Middle School Football both get Wednesday wins…Panther injury list is not good…Steelers and Bengals tonight…Braves and Philies will play for series tonight
Happy Birthday: Julie Andrews, Rod Carew, Randy Quaid, Mark McGwire, Kelly Willis, Zach Galifianakis, Brie Larson
Word of the Day: analog [an-l-awg] Measuring or representing data by means of one or more physical properties that can express any value along a continuous scale. For example, the position of the hands of a clock is an analog representation of time. Analog is the opposite of digital. “Any technology, such as vinyl records or clocks with hands and faces, that doesn’t break everything down into binary code to work is analog.”
Quote of the Day: “I haven’t failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” …Thomas Edison