Tuesday November 25th. Day 329 of 2025
It’s Gazpacho Day
Happy Parfait Day ! Parfait and Happy are one in the same
1783: The British evacuated New York, their last military position in the United States
1867: Alfred Nobel patented dynamite
1950: The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people. The temperature dropped to 5 degrees in Birmingham, 3 degrees in Atlanta, and 1 in Asheville
1963: President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery
1990: Poland held its first Presidential Election
1999: A five-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating on an inner tube off the Florida coast
2002: President George W Bush signs legislation that creates the Division of Homeland Security
2018: LA Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers sets NFL single-game record, completing 25-straight passes in 45-10 win vrs Arizona Cardinals
News: Heavy damage done in Alexander County Fire Monday evening in Hiddenite…More details om vehicle chase in Alexander County…Tayorsville man sent to jail after court appearance…Conover woman jailed in Alexander County…Burke County man being sought after allegedly stabbing female
Weather: Rain develops today and continues into the evening…Panthers can’t hang with 49ers…Yet another University of Georgia football player caught after high-speed chase…NC State loses to Seton Hall in Maui
Sports: Busy night for Cougar Athletes. Basketball, Indoor Track, Wrestling and Swim Teams all in action…
Happy Birthday: Joe Gibbs, Ben Stein, John Larroquete, Bucky Dent, Amy Grant, Christina Applegate, Barbara Pierce Bush, Jenna Bush Hager
More on Bill and the Babe https://nypost.com/2025/11/24/opinion/how-much-lower-can-bill-belichick-and-jordon-hudsons-saga-sink/
Word of the Day: eschew [es-choo] to abstain or keep away from; shun; to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds. “For the committee to eschew the plan was an expected outcome.”
Quote of the Day: “As a kid, in the cotton fields, I had this tune in my head. I hummed it and sang it. It was the same melody as ‘When A Man Loves A Woman.’ I could never, ever forget it”…Percy Sledge (Born this day in 1941)