Thursday, October 21. Day 294 of 2021
Happy Apple Day ! Some of the best on Earth grown in Alexander County
1797: “Old Ironsides” the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston’s harbor
1879: Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp
1927: In New York City, construction began on the George Washington Bridge https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge/history.html
1940: Ernest Hemingway’s novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is published
1959: President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA
1994: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections. Yea, right
2003: North Korea rejected President George W. Bush’s offer of a written pledge not to attack in exchange for the communist nation agreeing to end its nuclear weapons program
In the News: 14 additional cases of COVID-19 reported on Wednesday in Alexander County…Alexander County Board of Education meets this evening…Taylorsville man jailed this morning in Catawba County…Stony Point woman charged with theft of motor vehicle…Morganton man charged with murder…Deputies investigating a cop impersonator in Catawba County
Weather: A few clouds arrive, high around 75 this afternoon
Sports: ACHS Volleyball wins again…Men’s Soccer and Women’s Tennis fall on Wednesday…Coach Carter was impressed by Tanner Moore in his first start last Friday…App shocks the Chants…Braves a win away from World Series…So are the Red Sox…Hornets win opener
Happy Birthday: Manfred Mann, Elvin Bishop, Judy Sheindlin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Patti Davis, Charlotte Caffey, Kim Kardashian
Pig Kidney attached to human https://dnyuz.com/2021/10/19/in-a-first-surgeons-attached-a-pig-kidney-to-a-human-and-it-worked/
12-year old leads cops on chase https://www.koat.com/article/12-year-old-leads-deputies-on-high-speed-chase/38018689
Quote of the Day: “In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure”… Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Born this day in 1772)