Tuesday, November 7th. Day 311 of 2023
It’s Notary Pubic Day
Happy Merlot Day ! Don’t mind if I do
1874: The Republican party of the U.S. was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly
1893: The state of Colorado granted its women the right to vote
1908: Butch Cassisdy and the Sundance Kid are killed in Bolivia
1917: Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place. The provisional government of Alexander Kerensky was overthrown by forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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1973: New Jersey became the first state to permit girls to play on Little League Baseball teams
1994: WXYC , the University of North Carolina’s campus Radio Station, became the first station to stream audio on the internet. Good idea !
2020: Joe Biden declared the winner of the Presidential race, four days after the US election
In the News: Taylorsville Town Election is today…Taylorsville Town Board meets this afternoon…Alexander County Board of Education meets this evening…Stony Point woman held under large bond…Taylorsville man facing Burke County charges…Alexander County man jailed on weapons charge…Granite Falls pastor arrested on child exploitation charges…Lenoir Man arrested for statutory rape
Weather: Sunny with a high of 78 ! Don’t burn those leaves, it’s just too dry
Sports: Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony less than two weeks away…UNC, NC State, Duke and Wake all get hoop wins Monday night…Lightening Bolts ground the Jets…Panthers are the walking wounded heading into Thursday game against Chicago…Cubs and Yanks get new Managers…Braves retain Charlie Morton for another season
Happy Birthday: Jim Kaat, Johnny Rivers, Joni Mitchell, Judy Tenuta, David Petraeus, Lindsay Czarniak
Word of the Day: Writ [ rit ] In law, it means a formal order under seal, issued in the name of a sovereign, government, court, or other competent authority, enjoining the officer or other person to whom it is issued or addressed to do or refrain from some specified act. Something written.
Quote of the Day: “I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance”… Ruben Blades