Wednesday, September 2nd. Day 245 of 2026
September is Literacy Month ! “The better you read and write, the better your life.”…R.C.Gilbert
Happy Coconut Day !
1666: The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings
1864: United States forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city
1901: Then Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, “Speak softly and carry a big stick” in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair
1935: The most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Labor_Day_hurricane
1945: Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1963: The CBS Evening News becomes the first network television half-hour weeknight news broadcast
1992: The U.S. and Russia agreed to a joint venture to build a space station
2008: Google launches its Google Chrome web browser
News: Taylorsville man jailed this morning after knife assault… Alexander County man who’s no stranger to jail is back in jail…Stony Point man who’s no stranger to jail is back in jail…County Commissioners discus numerous topics during work session…The date for the Alexander County Christmas Parade is Saturday, December 5th
Weather: Sizzle, it stays HOT !
Sports: No JV Football Thursday for Baby Cougars as Ashe County pulls plug on season…Nats beat the Braves…Phillies win 6th straight to get within 3 games of Atlanta…Cards hit 5 homer to drub Dodgers…ESPN releases NFL Pre-Season Power Poll…LRU Football cracks Top 25…Canes announce creation of broadcast network
Happy Birthday: Peter Ueberroth, Terry Bradshaw, Mark Harmon, Jimmy Connors, Eric Dickerson, Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek, Aleksander Barkov
Dr. Bill Griffin
Word of the Day: literacy [lit-er-uh-see] the ability to read and write, the ability to use language proficiently. “If you can read this sentence and write one of your own, you possess literacy.”
Quote of the Day: “There are no extraordinary men… just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.”… William Halsey