Thursday, November 17th. Day 321 of 2022
It’s Take a Hike Day
Today is National Unfriend Day I Those two aren’t event texting each other anymore. They’ll be friends again later in the week
1603: Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for treason
1800: Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in the partially completed Capitol building
1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red Seas
1970: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre
1973: President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting, “people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.”
1993: United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA was born !
2019: The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
In the News: Taylorsville teen might be a runaway…25 new COVID cases in Alexander County during past 7 days…Stony Point man arrested again…Taylorsville Police nab South Carolina woman on felony drug charge…Hiddenite woman jailed overnight by Newton Police…Man and woman charge with attempted armed robbery in Wilkes County
Weather: Sunny with a high near 50
Sports: AC Women Hoops host scrimmage tonight, Cougar Men open season on Friday…Hornets lose and perhaps they’ve lost LeMelo again too…LRU gets hoop win…Tennessee at Green Bay in Thursday NFL…Cy Young winners announced
Happy Birthday: Gordon Lightfoot, Martin Scorsese, Lauren Hutton, Jim Boeheim, Danny DeVito, Lorne Michaels, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, RuPaul, Daisy Fuentes, Sophie Marceau, Rachel McAdams
The Thanksgiving Feast will cost a lot more this year https://apnews.com/article/thanksgiving-food-prices-inflation-d02949df4706751234e72b5715fa0030
The Air Force will start training pilots without using a plane https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/11/16/can-the-air-force-train-new-pilots-without-planes/
Jenna Bush says no to the undies, well me too
https://people.com/style/jenna-bush-hager-admits-she-never-wears-underwear/
Quote of the Day: “Longevity conquers scandal every time”… Shelby Foote (Born this day in 1916)