Tuesday, October 21st. Day 294 of 2025
It’s National Apple Day !
Happy National Honey Day !
1797: “Old Ironsides” the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, was launched in Boston’s harbor
1879: Thomas Edison invented the electric incandescent lamp
1927: In New York City, construction began on the George Washington Bridge https://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/en/george-washington-bridge/history.html
1940: Ernest Hemingway’s novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is published
1959: President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA
1994: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections. Yea, right
2003: North Korea rejected President George W. Bush’s offer of a written pledge not to attack in exchange for the communist nation agreeing to end its nuclear weapons program
2021: A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza
News: Alexander County School Board spending week visiting all campuses…Hickory City Schools issue statement opposing possible merger of three school systems in Catawba County…Stony Point man arrested in Iredell County…Hickory Police nab woman on drug trafficking charges in Catawba and Alexander Counties
Weather: Warmer today, high near 75 with Tons of Sun. Sunny and Cooler on Wednesday
Sports: AC Women’s Tennis falls in Rnd III of State Playoffs…Cougar Soccer drops match at Watauga…ACHS Women’s Golf host 6A State Western Regional today…Toronto win ALCS and will play Dodgers in World Series…Monday Night Football Winners are Detroit and Seattle…Young is most likely out this Sunday for Panthers…Canes lose first game of season in Vegas
Happy Birthday: Manfred Mann, Elvin Bishop, Judy Sheindlin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Patti Davis, Charlotte Caffey, Kim Kardashian, Kane Brown
Wow, how on earth did they get away ? https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/article/what-was-stolen-in-the-louvre-heist-what-to-know-about-the-8-jewelry-pieces–and-the-race-against-time-to-save-them-212145581.html
Word of the Day: rookery [rook-uh-ree] A breeding place or colony of gregarious birds or animals, as penguins and seals. A place where the Rook (an English Blackbird colony) forms a colony. A crowded tenement house. Word dates to the 1700’s. “The northern tip of the island was an active rookery.”
Quote of the Day: “People of humor are always in some degree people of genius.”… Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Born this day in 1772)