Thursday, October 29th. Day 302 of 2026
Happy Internet Day ! Computers were connected at UCLA on this day in 1969. That might have been the beginning or maybe the Defense Department prior to that. For sure, Al Gore did not create the Internet despite his claim
1618: Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded under a sentence that had been brought against him 15 years earlier for conspiracy against King James I
1929: America’s Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock market
1945: The first ballpoint pens to be made commercially went on sale at Gimbels Department Store in New York at the price of $12.50 each
1969: The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school segregation
1998: The space shuttle Discovery blasted off with John Glenn on board. Glenn was 77 years old. He was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962
2008: Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world’s largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five
2012: Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages
2014 — Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants succeed where no team had in 3 1/2 decades, winning Game 7 on the road for their third World Series title in five years. Bumgarner comes out of the bullpen to pitch five scoreless innings on two days’ rest as the Giants held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2. MadBum was named Series MVP
2025: American tech company Nvidia become the first company to reach $5 trillion in market value https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia
News: Embattled Taylorsville Officer reprimanded after latest incident…Early voting passes 6,000 in Alexander County…Job Fair today in Taylorsville…Alleged Fentanyl trafficker busted in Caldwell County…Backhoe stolen in brazen Hickory theft
Weather: Clouds early, Sunny afternoon with high around 73
Sports: Conference Champ Cougar Soccer concludes regular season with South Caldwell Beat-Down !!!…JV Cougar Football concludes season this evening at home…Coach Marshall says the Freedom win was a total team effort…Panthers at Green Bay tonight…Brewers win first World Series…Hornets lose to Pistons…Canes on home ice tonight
Happy Birthday: Melba Moore, Richard Dreyfuss, Dennis Potvin, Kate Jackson, Dan Castellaneta, Joely Fisher, Finola Hughes, Winona Ryder, Andy Dalton
Word of the Day: jeer [jeer] to shout derisively at; taunt, to treat with scoffs or derision; mock. As a noun, jeer is the act of scoffing, taunting, or mocking. Think of it as an anti-cheer. If you offer cheers for the visiting team and jeers for the home team, you might not be too popular in the stands. As a verb, jeer means to laugh at in a mean way. “When we run onto the field don’t listen to the jeering crowd.”
Quote of the Day: “We believed were were going to win even if nobody else did.”…Cougar Football Coach Chris Marshall on last Friday win over Freedom