Wednesday, November 2nd. Day 306 of 2022
It’s Stress Awareness Day. Really, is that a good thing ?
Today is Deviled Egg Day. I’ll pass
1889: North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states
1920: KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station in America
1947: Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the “Spruce Goose”), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built
1948: 1948: Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.”
1956: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip
1983: President Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1984: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. She was executed in Raleigh for the murder of her husband but confessed to a total of 6 homicides
2016: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years
In the News: Alexander County Schools get grant for additional officers on elementary campuses…Man dies in Boone crash…Newton man gets at least 66 years for statutory rape…Statesville man charged with statutory rape…Taylorsville man charged after he tried to tackle Deputy
Weather: Some clouds today but mild
Sports: Mason Chapman-Mays named Taylorsville Savings Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week…Tennessee is #1 in first College Football Playoff Poll…Panthers hold pat on trade-deadline day…Phils go yard and beat Houston
Happy Birthday: Ken Rosewall, Jay Black, Patrick Buchanan, Stefanie Powers, J. D. Souther, Maxine Nightingale, David Schwimmer, Nelly
Have you ever seen that movie “Julie and Julia” ? https://apnews.com/article/julie-powell-author-obituary-julia-child-cooking-cf30084955d01eaeb4c4bc79e3cee871?utm_source=Connatix&utm_medium=HomePage
Adele says we’ve been pronouncing her name wrong https://nypost.com/2022/11/01/adele-reveals-weve-been-pronouncing-her-name-all-wrong/
Joe called, I didn’t answer
Quote of the Day: ” Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues”… Napoleon Bonaparte