Wednesday, December 4th. Day 339 of 2024. 21 Shopping Days till Christmas
Happy National Cookie Day ! What’s your favorite ?
1812: Peter Gaillard patented the power mower
1909: The Montreal Canadiens, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association
1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the dismantling of the Works Progress Administration. The program had been created in order to provide jobs during the Great Depression
1943: Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players
1954: The first Burger King is opened in Miami
1991: Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released after nearly seven years in captivity in Lebanon
1991: Pan American World Airways ceased operations
2017: The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 440 square miles in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
In the News: Alexander County Schools on two-hour delay this morning…County gets “Clean Audit”…Board of Elections to be part of state-wide recount for Supreme Court seat…Taylorsville man sent to jail by judge…Hickory man jailed in Alexander County…
Weather: Sunshine and mid-40’s after frigid start
Sports: 11 Cougar Football players named all NWC. Carter selected as Coach of the Year…AC sophomore Jaylen Bennett named Soccer Player of the Year…Cougar Wrestling host ti-match this evening…Clemson beats Kentucky but ACC gets humiliated in first night of challenge vrs SEC…Hornets lose of course…New College Football Playoff Poll released with Notre Dame still very overrated…
Marisa Tomei
OMG! Have you seen this ? https://www.yahoo.com/news/watch-florida-gator-drags-massive-170017507.html
And the Word of the Year is https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/world/brain-rot-oxford-word-of-the-year-2024-intl-scli-gbr/index.html
Word of the Day: pacifist [ pas-uh-fist ] A person who believes in pacifism or is opposed to war or to violence of any kind. Strongly and actively opposed to conflict. From French. “By nature the woman is a pacifist but the issue has stirred her emotions”
Quote of the Day: “If you were any more inbred, you’d be a sandwich.”…Unknown