Tuesday, September 20th. Day 263 of 2022
It’s Pepperoni Pizza Day. A slice would be nice
1590: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey
1893: Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile
1962: James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi. He was later admitted and graduated
1973: Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-sept-20-1973-tennis-star-billie-jean-king-wins-battle-sexes
1984: “The Cosby Show” premiered on NBC
1995: The House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits
2011: The United States military ends its “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time
In the News: Hit and run overnight in Alexander County…Concord man arrested after search in Alexander County…Taylorsville man facing drug charges…Maiden woman jailed in Alexander County…Conover man charged after woman dies he allegedly sold drugs to…Reeves named new President at Craftmaster Furniture
Weather: Sunny and Warm. High around 86
Sports: ACHS Womens’s Tennis gets win…Panthers in 0-2 hole after two close losses….Bills trounce Tennessee and Philly beats Minnesota in MNF twinbill…Georgia #1 in both College Football Polls…Braves and Mets both win…Houston clinches division…Cleveland pads lead in Al Central
Happy Birthday: Sophia Loren, George R. R. Martin, Héctor Camacho Jr, Juan Pablo Montoya
Here’s how the Queen had her eggs scrambled https://nypost.com/2022/09/19/queens-scrambled-eggs-recipe-had-2-very-unusual-ingredients/
Quote of the Day: “If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth”…Joyce Brothers (Born this day in 1928)