Tuesday, October 21. Day 294 of 2026
It’s Apple Day !
Happy 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
1980: The Philadelphia Phillies win their 1st World Series
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: Actor Alec Baldwin shoots cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead and injures director Joel Souza with a prop gun during a rehearsal on a film set at Bonanza Creek Ranch, New Mexico
News: Two people taken to hospital after Tuesday afternoon crash south of Taylorsville… Alexander County Early Voting reaches 9.5 percent…Job Fair Today and Iredell Family Care Center in Taylorsville…Alexander County man jailed after missing a court date…Troutman Police Chief says his officers will no long work Iredell-Statesville School Board meetings…Newton woman listed as missing
Weather: Sunny and 70 today
Sports: Alexander Central Women’s Golf advances to State Finals…Lady Cougar Volleyball wins and heads to Round III of State Playoffs…Cougar Soccer at Freedom today…The Taylorsville Saving Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week is Jonas Henson…Canes win again…Hornets tip-off season this evening in Brooklyn…South Carolina ranked #1 in Preseason AP women’s Hoop Poll…
Happy Birthday: Manfred Mann, Elvin Bishop, Judy Sheindlin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Patti Davis, Charlotte Caffey, Kim Kardashian, Kane Brown
Word of the Day: banshee [ban-shee] In Irish folk lore, a spirit in the form of a wailing woman who appears to or is heard by members of a family as a sign that one of them is about to die. “A banshee is a mythological creature that appears in Irish folklore and fairy tales. Banshees are female spirits that supposedly wail just before a family member dies.”
Quote of the Day: “Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. ‘…Will Rogers