Wednesday, November 9th. Day 313 of 2022
It’s Fried Chicken Sandwich Day
1872: Fire destroyed about 800 buildings in Boston
1911: George Claude applied for a patent on neon advertising signs
1938: Nazi troops and sympathizers destroyed and looted 7,500 Jewish businesses, burned 267 synagogues, killed 91 Jews, and rounded up over 25,000 Jewish men in what is known as Kristallnacht or “Night of Broken Glass”
1997: Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions became the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in nine straight seasons
1998: Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offenses
2004: First Lady Laura Bush officially reopened Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to pedestrians. It had been closed since the 9-11 terror attacks in 2001
In the News: Pennell wins Sheriff’s Race in Alexander County…Chapman takes hotly contested Clerk of Courts race…Two incumbents unseated on Alexander County School Board…Alexander County voter turnout 61 percent…Man who distributed meth in area gets Federal Prison time…Stony Point woman facing felony drug charge…Newton man killed in Tuesday crash
Weather: Sunny and Windy today, Rain coming to end the week…
Sports: Three Cougar Baseball players to sign National Letters of Intent today…The College Football Playoff Poll has Georgia at #1…Are the Panthers tanking ?
Happy Birthday: Whitey Herzog, Tom Weiskopf, Lou Ferrigno, David Duval, Nick Lachey
Co-founder of Alabama dies https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/11/08/jeff-cook-alabama-2022-band-co-founding-member-dies/69611215007/
Record Powerball ticket sold in California https://apnews.com/article/lotteries-iowa-36ef3aefbbc37a15e1c5f172129fa6a6?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_06
Don’t lick that Toad ! https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/india/us-national-park-service-warns-people-to-stop-licking-toad-that-causes-hallucinations/ar-AA13Rs8d
Quote of the Day: “Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing”…Redd Foxx (Born this day in 1922)