Tuesday, November 14th. Day 318 of 2023
It’s National Pickle Day ! Mt Olive Pickles of North Carolina is the nation’s largest marketer of Pickles
Happy Loosen Up and Lighten Up Day ! Cheers to that, some people need to exhale
1851: Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick” was first published in the U.S
1922: The British Broadcasting Company begins radio service in the United Kingdom
1967: American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for the world’s first laser
1968: Yale University announced it was going co-educational
1972: Blue Ribbon Sports became Nike
1979: President Carter issues an Executive Order that freezes all Iranian assets in the United States in response to the hostage crisis
1995: A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs
2013: Notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes. He would be murdered by inmates in 2018
In the News: Town of Taylorsville asking for volutary water conservation…No issues after Taylorsville Election Audit…CommScope moving Corporate Headquarters…Alexander County teen arrested…Taylorsville man charged this morning…Newton woman charged in Alexander County…Statesville man nabbed while stealing items from construction site
Weather: Clouds mixed with Sun. High around 65
Sports: Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame induction is less than a week away…Hickory Soccer plays tonight with State Final bid on the line…Bills drop to 5-5 after Monday loss to Denver…Panthers might end up with just 1 win…Baseball names Rookies of the Year
Happy Birthday: Fred Haise, King Charles III, James Young, Stephen Bishop, Yanni, Condoleezza Rice, Laura San Giacomo, Bill Hemmer, Curt Schilling, Josh Duhamel, Francisco Lindor
JFK’s doctors at Parkland say Oswald did not act alone https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jfk-parkland-doctors-come-forward-160000811.html
Pepsi over Coke ? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/pepsi-seen-eclipsing-coca-cola-164236830.htmlhttps://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/pepsi-seen-eclipsing-coca-cola-164236830.html
Word of the Day: maraca [ muh-rah-kuh] A gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument. Of Portuguese origin.
Quote of the Day: “I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance”…Socrates