Wednesday, November 20th. Day 325 of 2024
It’s G.I.S.* Day ! Do you know what it stands for ?
1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights
1873: Budapest was formed when the rival cities of Buda and Pest were united to form the capital of Hungary
1945: 24 Nazi leaders went before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis ended. The Soviet Union removed its missiles and bombers from Cuba and the Unite States ended its blockade of the island
1980: On Jefferson Island, Louisiana, an oil rig in Lake Pigneur pierced the top of the salt dome beneath the island. The freshwater lake completely drained within a few hours. The Delcambre Canal reversed flow and two days later the previous freshwater lake was a 1,300-foot-deep saltwater lake
1985: Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft, is released
1990: Saddam Hussein ordered another 250,000 Iraqi troops into the country of Kuwait
1998: Forty-six states agreed to a $206 billion settlement of health claims against the tobacco industry
In the News: Taylorsville man indicted with 5 murders appears in court today…Price named Grand Marshall of Alexander County Christmas Parade…Sheriff’s Office warns of scam…Hiddentite man and Taylorsville woman arrested by Hickory Police…Stony Point woman sent to jail for 30 days…Body found in Iredell County…Big drug sting in Caldwell County
Weather: Clouds and Warm. High near 70. Big Cool-Down begins tonight
Sports: Wake Forest, App State and Charlotte get Tuesday night Hoops wins…Hornets lose…Cleveland’s winning streak ends at 15…College Football Playoff Poll is updated…Bryce Young will start against KC on Sunday
Joe Walsh
Denzel comes clean https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/denzel-washington-reflects-past-drug-232804111.html
Word of the Day: Xanadu [ zan-uh-doo, -dyoo ] ‘An idealized place of great or idyllic magnificence and beauty.’ From Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s description of Shangdu in his poem “Kubla Khan.”
Quote of the Day: “One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.”… Robert Kennedy (Born this day in 1925)
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