Tuesday, October 28th. Day 301 of 2025
It’s First Responders Day
Happy National Chocolate Day !
1636: Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts. The original name was Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony. It was the first school of higher education in America
1793: Eli Whitney applied for a patent for his cotton gin
1886: The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor
1919: Congress enacted the Volstead Act, also known as the National Prohibition Act. Prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the passing of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution
1962: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba
1985: John A. Walker Jr. and his son, Michael Lance Walker, pled guilty to charges of spying for the Soviet Union
1995: The Atlanta Braves win the World Series in six games with a 1-0 win over Cleveland
2021: Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta
News: Fatal fire on Monday in Western Iredell County…Former Alexander County Manager takes post in Caldwell County…Highway Patrol searching for hit and run driver that struck bike rider in Caldwell near Granite Falls…Three charged with brazen armed and kidnapping in Hickory…Taylorsville man busted for fentanyl possession…Lenoir woman arrested in Alexander County
Weather: More Cold Rain !
Sports: Freddie and the Dodgers walk it off in the 18th to take 2-1 World Series advantage…Cougar Football season might not end Friday night…Chiefs wallop Washington…Panthers have a bunch of injuries
Happy Birthday: Susan Harris, Dennis Franz, Telma Hopkins, Caitlyn Jenner, Annie Potts, Bill Gates, Lauren Holly, Julia Roberts, Brad Paisley, Joaquin Phoenix
Bad News ! AI is making it’s mark https://apnews.com/article/amazon-layoff-ai-14000-artificial-intelligence-cb64af47ebb794541fbdfa8fd264932c
Good News! The Miniskirt is Back !!! https://www.yahoo.com/shopping/style/clothing/articles/miniskirt-back-wear-one-whatever-153000954.html
Word of the Day: effervesce [ef-er-ves] to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting, to show enthusiasm, excitement. Effervescence. From Latin meaning to begin to boil. “The water started to effervesce.”
Quote of the Day: “I take good advice and direction really well, but I don’t need somebody that finished college two years ago to come in and tell me what I should be recording”…Charlie Daniels (Born this day in 1936)