Wednesday November 5th. Day 309 of 2025
It’s Football Day !
Happy Stress Awareness Day and Love Your Red Hair Day
1605: The “Gunpowder Plot” attempted by Guy Fawkes failed when he was captured before he could blow up the English Parliament. Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated every November 5th in Britain to celebrate his failure
1872: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the presidential election. She never paid the fine
1935: The game “Monopoly” was introduced by Parker Brothers Company
1959: The American Football League was formed
1994: George Foreman, 45, became boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas
2006: Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq, and his co-defendants are sentenced to death
2007: The Android mobile operating system is unveiled by Google
2010: Alexander Central beats Hibriten in overtime 21-20 to win the Northwestern Conference Championship
2024: Donald Trump becomes the first President to be elected to a non-consecutive second term in 132 years, since Grover Cleveland won the 1892 election
News: Wilkes County found dead beneath deer stand…Taylorsville woman arrested overnight…Stony Point man nabbed in Iredell County…Hickory woman gets 7-10 years in prison for drug trafficking…Troutman Police make drug bust…Burke County man charged with child-sex crimes
Weather: A few clouds mix with Sunshine. High near 70
Sports: Cole Pennell is the Taylorsville Savings Bank/B86 Cougar of the Week…AC Soccer will host Rnd II Playoff action Thursday night…Duke Hoops win opener…Hornets have 4th quarter melt down…Canes win in the Big Apple
Pasta Recall https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cdc-expands-pasta-recall-6-175127667.html
It’s a new one on me. Never heard of this https://www.wxii12.com/article/fall-phenomenon-shadow-bear-returns/69253446
Happy Birthday: Elke Sommer, Art Garfunkel, Peter Noone, Kris Jenner, Bryan Adams, Tilda Swinton, Andrea McArdle, Tatum O’Neal, Jerry Stackhouse, Bubba Watson, Jason Kelce, Kevin Jonas
Word of the Day: whirling dervish: a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance. “Like a whirling dervish”
Quote of the Day: “Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”… Will Durant