Tuesday, September 10th. Day 254 of 2024
It’s TV Dinner Day. The Swanson Company began marketing those horrible things in Aluminum Trays on this day in 1953
1846: Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine
1894: London taxi driver George Smith is said to he first to be fined for drunk driving
1921: The Ayus Autobahn in Germany opened . The road is known for its nonexistent speed limit
1942: President Franklin Roosevelt mandated gasoline rationing as part of the U.S. wartime effort
1955: “Gunsmoke” premiered on CBS
Alex Trebek
1988: President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky
2000: “Cats” closes on Broadway after nearly 7,500 performances
In the News: Lenoir man charged with Alexander County murder is freed on bond again…Wilkesboro man charged with child-sex crime in Alexander County…Claremont man charged in Alexander County….Three from Burke County arrested for concealment of human remains…Shooting in Hickory…Statesville High student arrested after bringing handgun to campus
Weather: Sunny and 80. Maybe some rain by end of the week
Sports: ACHS Women’s Tennis beats South Caldwell…Cougar Football know the turnovers must stop…Panthers lose Brown..49ers beat the Jets…Mets pass the Braves in Wild Card race…Yanks win and Baltimore loses…White Sox nightmare continues
Happy Birthday: José Feliciano, Margaret Trudeau, Bill O’Reilly, Joe Perry, Amy Irving, Colin Firth, Randy Johnson, Guy Ritchie, Ryan Phillippe
James Earl Jones has passed https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09/entertainment/james-earl-jones-death/index.html
Word of the Day: Catch-22 [ kach-twen-tee-too ] A frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions. A condition, regulation, etc., preventing the resolution of a problem or situation. From a military regulation in a novel of the same name (1961) by U.S. novelist Joseph Heller (1923–99)
Quote of the Day: “I think I’d have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I’d not lost quite so much sleep” … Charles Kuralt (Born in Wilmington, NC on this day in 1934)