Tuesday, November 16th. Day 320 of 2021
It’s Clarinet Day ! Only Cool People play the Clarinet
It’s Fast Food Day ! I wish I didn’t like it so much
1871: The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) was first chartered
1915: Coca-Cola had its prototype for a contoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year
1940: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world
1952: Don’t trust her Chuck! In the Peanuts comic strip, for the first time, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown
1973: President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law. Better than shutting one down
1982: An agreement was announced on the 57th day of a strike by National Football League players
1999: In Charlotte, Chrica Adams, the pregnant girlfriend of Carolina Panther Rae Carruth, was shot four times in her car. She died a month later from her wounds. The child survived. Carruth was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years and 11 months in prison for his role in the murder
2010: The engagement of Prince Harry and Kate Middleton is announced
In the News: Alexander County logs fewer than 50 COVID cases in last 7 days…Body found at Statesville Park…Stony Point man facing felony child-sex charges…Taylorsville man arrested for violating his registered sex-offender status…Maiden man nabbed for trafficking heroin
Weather: Tons of Sun, close to 10 degrees warmer too
Sports: Hickory Soccer plays in Western Regional Final tonight…Cam pegged for start on Sunday (was it a coach or owner decision ?)…49ers win in despiration mode…UNC, NC State, and Duke in hoop action tonight…Canes begin long road trip tonight in Vegas
Happy Birthday: Terry Labonte, Dwight Gooden, Diana Krall, Lisa Bonet, Oksana Baiul, Maggie Gyllenhaal
California’s pain at the pump getting worse https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/11/15/record-surge-of-gas-prices-at-the-pump-reach-new-heights/
Check out the Sky Show https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/the-longest-lunar-eclipse-in-centuries-will-happen-this-week-nasa-says-what-to-know/article_b4d0edf6-f4d6-58cb-84f0-d5f36bcb6438.html
1 + 1 = 2 https://nypost.com/2021/11/15/student-suspended-for-saying-there-are-only-two-genders-lawsuit/
Quote of the Day: “Hell is empty and all the devils are here”…William Shakespeare