Thursday, October 22nd. Day 295 of 2026
It’s National Nut Day..Sometimes you feel like a nut…
Happy Smart is Cool Day !
1746: The College of New Jersey was officially chartered. It’s now Princeton University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University
1836: Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas
1934: FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd in Ohio
1962: President Kennedy announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval “quarantine” of the Communist nation
1981: The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August
1986: President Reagan signed the Tax Reform Act of 1986 into law
2012: Cyclist Lance Armstrong is formally stripped of his seven Tour de France titles after being charged for doping
2019: Same-sex marriage is legalized, and abortion is decriminalized in Northern Ireland
2024: LeBron and Bronny James become the first father-son duo in NBA history to appear in a game together
News: Early voting nearing 3,000 in Alexander County…Lenoir man busted with meth in Alexander County traffic stop…Two Alexander County women facing felony drug offenses in Iredell County…Hickory man charged with child abduction…Catawba County Deputies conduct registered sex-offender sting operation…Granite Falls man charged with pointing loaded gun at man in Belmont
Weather: Sunny and 72 today !
Sports: Cougar Soccer clinches NWC Championship !…AC Volleyball host Round III Playoff match today…JV Football at Freedom…Coach Marshall wants the Cougars to “feel the pain of a self-inflicted loss” last Friday at Watauga…App State hosts James Madison tonight…Patriots at Bears on Thursday Night NFL…Hornets open season with win on the road
Happy Birthday: Bobby Seale, Christopher Lloyd, Catherine Deneuve, Jeff Goldblum, Shelby Lynne, Ichiro Suzuki
Food Lion restores app after cyber hack https://www.wral.com/news/local/food-lion-app-website-restored-cybersecurity-incident-october-2026/
Word of the Day: grist [grist] grain to be ground, ground grain; meal produced from grinding, to grind (grain). “When grain like wheat or oats is ground into flour, it’s called grist. Maize or corn that’s made into coarse grist is called “grits.”
Quote of the Day: “You should always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise, they won’t come to yours. ‘… Yogi Berra