Tuesday, October 14th. Day 287 of 2025
It’s Face Your Fears Day. Ok, I’m trying not be terrified of those flying monkeys from “The Wizard of Oz”
Happy Dessert Day !
1912: Theodore Roosevelt was shot while campaigning in Milwaukee. Roosevelt’s wound in the chest was not serious and he continued with his planned speech. The shooter, William Schrenk was captured at the scene
1926: The book “Winnie-the-Pooh,” by A.A. Milne was published
1943: The Radio Corporation of America finalized the sale of the NBC Blue radio network. Edward J. Noble paid $8 million for the network that was renamed American Broadcasting Company
1947: Over Rogers Dry Lake in Southern California, pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first person to break the sound barrier
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when an American reconnaissance aircraft takes photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles being installed in Cuba
1987: Jessica McClure, 18 months old, fell down an abandoned well in Midland Texas. The rescue took 58 hours https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_of_Jessica_McClure
1998: After being captured in North Carolina, Eric Rudolph is charged with six bombings, including the Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
2020: A copy of William Shakespeare’s first folio sells for $9.98 million at a New York auctions First Folio sells for a record $9.98 million at auction in New York first Folio sells for a record $9.98 million at auction in New York
News: Alexander County Schools roll-out proposed new budget…Registered Sex-Offender arrested in Alexander County…Taylorsville man held on series of charges….Alexander County man detained overnight by Hickory Police…Iredell County Couple admit to exposing children to cocaine
Weather: Sunny and 78 !
Sports: Lady Cougar Golf Team wins regular season title in NWC…AC Soccer steamrolls St Stephens…Lady Cougar Volleyball in NWC Tournament Semi-final tonight…Apple Bowl tonight at Cougar Stadium, it’s a Hoot! Falcons and Bears get Monday Night wins…Seattle goes up 2-0 on Blue Jays…Dodgers take Game 1 in NLCS…Purdue is preseason #1 in College Basketball
Happy Birthday: Ralph Lauren, John Dean, Justin Hayward, Arleen Sorkin, Joe Girardi, Stephen A Smith, Natalie Maines, Floyd Landis, Usher, Jared Goff
Check out this Pumpkin ! https://apnews.com/article/california-giant-pumpkin-winner-gourd-5b208dcac98f54076e49be9e0dece5d3
Portland holds naked Bike event https://apnews.com/article/portland-oregon-naked-bike-ride-protest-43ecafc5f5ce0a7d7f44dc016fbe86d0
Word of the Day: folio [foh-lee-oh] a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript. A leaf of a manuscript or book numbered only on the front side. Bookkeeping., a page of an account book or a left-hand page and a right-hand page facing each other and having the same serial number. From Latin. “An early Shakespeare folio sold at auction for nearly $10 million.”
Quote of the Day: “An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.”… Dwight D. Eisenhower (Born this day in 1890)