Thursday, September 29th. Day 272 of 2022
Happy Coffee Day ! Sorry, I just don’t like it
1789: The United States Department of War first established a regular army with a strength of several hundred men
1829: The Metropolitan Police of London is founded
1959: The first network football game was televised by CBS in color. The game was between the University of California and the University of Pennsylvania
1962: President Kennedy nationalized the Mississippi National guard in response to city officials defying federal court orders. The orders had been to enroll James Meredith at the University of Mississippi
1982: In Chicago, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 264,000 bottles were recalled. It led to comprehensive safety-packaging reform
2005: John Roberts is sworn in a Supreme Court Justice
2008: The Dow falls 777 points, at the time the largest one-day drop ever
In the News: Victim airlifted from crash north of Taylorsville…52 news cases of COVID-19 in Alexander County in last 7 days…Unemployment up slightly in all area counties during month of August…Man held without bond in Alexander County…Woman charged in Catawba County with death by distribution…Hickory man charged with child-sex related offenses
Weather: Clouds take over, breezy today with high around 65
Sports: Cougars Open conference season tonight at Ashe County, it’s a must win…JV Cougar football runs to win…ACHS volleyball and Men’s Soccer get wins…East and West Football still perfect…Judge gets 61st…Braves lose, Mets win
Happy Birthday: Jerry Lee Lewis, Ian McShane, Jean-Luc Ponty, Mike Post, Mark Farner, Bryant Gumbel, Andrew Dice Clay, Kevin Durant
Longtime White House reporter Bill Plante passes https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bill-plante-dies-age-84-cbs-news-white-house-correspondent/
New device tracks how you sleep https://apnews.com/article/technology-33faae2f9861980e45dbf5d5e6319493
It’s San Francisco after all https://news.yahoo.com/san-francisco-sued-homeless-demanding-180922639.html
Quote of the Day: “My friends kidded me about going so far on such modest talent. I always agreed with them. I had no illusions about my films, nor did I consider myself anything special as an actor or a singer”.. Gene Autry (Born this day in 1907)