Wednesday, November 17th. Day 321 of 2021
It’s Unfriend Day. A common practice in the age of social media
1603: Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for treason
1800: Congress held its first session in Washington, DC, in the partially completed Capitol building
1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and the Red Seas
1970: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre
1973: President Nixon told an Associated Press managing editors meeting, “people have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.”
1993: United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement. NAFTA was born !
2019: The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
In the News: Stony Point man charged with stalking and indecent liberties with a student…Taylorsville Police charge woman with felony drug counts…Taylorsville woman charged with assault…Claremont man charged in January attack on the Capital enters guilty plea…Found found dead in Hickory parking lot…Woman seriously injured after crashing into doctor’s office in North Wilkesboro
Weather: How does Sunny and 72 sound ?
Sports: Hickory Soccer wins West 3A Regional…Status Quo atop the College Football Playoff Poll…Hokies part ways with coach…Duke, UNC, and NC State get hoop wins…Canes start road trip with win in Vegas…Kapler and Cash named Managers of the Year in Major League Baseball
Happy Birthdays: Gordon Lightfoot, Martin Scorsese, Lauren Hutton, Jim Boeheim, Danny DeVito, Lorne Michaels, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, RuPaul, Daisy Fuentes, Sophie Marceau, Rachel McAdams
Mayor of Maryland City is trouble for Revenge-Porn https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/us/maryland-mayor-revenge-porn-charges/index.html
The stink of it all https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/courtesy-flush-clash-563910
After having a tooth pulled Monday, I spent the day looking like Vito Corleone. Still swollen, still sore, Yuk !
Quote of the Day: “Longevity conquers scandal every time”… Shelby Foote (Born this day in 1916)