Tuesday, September 12th. Day 255 of 2023
It’s National Police Woman Day
1866: “The Black Crook” opened in New York City. It was the first American burlesque show
1922: The Episcopal Church removed the word “Obey” from the bride’s section of wedding vows
1944: United States troops enter Germany for the first time in WWII
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1962: President Kennedy delivers his “We choose to go to the Moon” speech at Rice University
1988: Gilbert, the strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica
2013: NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first man made object to enter interstellar space
in the News: Alexander County Job Fair set for today…Demolition underway to make way for new gym at Sugar Loaf…Hickory Police release more details on double-fatality…Man and woman arrested after Eastern Alexander County incident…Taylorsville woman facing charges in three counties…Granite Falls man busted in Alexander County
Weather: A shower early but plenty of Sun. High in low 80’s
Sports: ACHS Women’s Tennis snare conference win over South Caldwell…Cougar Soccer pounded by Cuthbertson…Jets win in overtime but it’s feared they’ve lost their new QB…Braves and Phils split doubleheader…ESPN returns to Spectrum
Happy Birthday: Linda Gray, Maria Muldaur, Joe Pantoliano, Rachel Ward, Jennifer Nettles, Jennifer Hudson, Freddie Freeman, Andrew Luck
There must be a lot of money in jelly https://apnews.com/article/hostess-smucker-twinkie-bankruptcy-f37a3ec4028be7eca7cf5e963ce43135
The wine is flowing in Portugal https://www.newsweek.com/video-red-wine-flooding-town-viewed-4-milion-times-1826176
Word of the Day: gratuitous [ gruh-too-i-tuhs] To be given without apparent reason, cause, or justification. To be bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; complimentary. From Latin grātuītus “free, freely given, spontaneous
Quote of the Day: “Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage”… H. L. Mencken