Tuesday, September 1st. Day 244 of 2026
It’s Chess Day, Letter Writing Day and Little Black Dress Day
1878: Emma Nutt becomes the world’s first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company
1905: Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation. I cheated to spell Saskatchewan
1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II
1952: The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published
1985: The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition. The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast
1995: The ribbon cutting ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was held in Cleveland
1998: J.K. Rowling’s book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was released in the U.S. This was the first book in the Harry Potter series
2006: Roger Goodell becomes commissioner of the NFL
Take A Ride Coach Moore !
Photo: SI.com
News: Social media posts have law enforcement on duty around Caldwell County Schools…Granite Falls man charged with rape by Conover Police…Two Newton men now charged in connection to August 16th drive-by shooting…Taylorsville woman jailed for filing false police report…
Weather: Hot with a high of 93
Sports: Cougar Soccer gets big win…AC Volleyball downs Draughn…Panthers making roster moves…Giants end Braves winning streak…Cubs maul Milwaukee
Happy Birthday: Alan Dershowitz, Lily Tomlin, Archie Bell, Barry Gibb, Phil McGraw, Gloria Estefan, Kenny Mayne, Tim Hardaway, Nathan MacKinnon
The happiest town in America is https://nypost.com/2026/08/31/real-estate/americas-happiest-cities-in-2026-see-which-cities-topped/
Word of the Day: mordacious [mawr-dey-shuhs] biting or given to biting, sharp or caustic in style, tone, etc. From Latin. “The mordacious toddler required a little extra attention from the day care staff.”
Quote of the Day: “Fads are the kiss of death. When the fad goes away, you go with it.”
Conway Twitty (Born this Day as Harold Lloyd Jenkins in 1933)