* * * * W E D N E S D A Y * * * * O C T O B E R 3rd * * * * D A Y 291 of 2018 * * * *
It’s Techies Day ! A Smile to those who know what they’re doing, a frown to those who think they do
President Lincoln declares the last Thursday in Novemeber would be recognized as Thanksgiving Day in 1863
1951: The NY Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in a National League Playoff game to win the Pennant. Bobby Thompson’s homer to end the game is referred to as “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World”
The Andy Griffith Show premieres on CBS in 1960
1990: The German Democratic Republic is abolished and the Berlin Wall is dismantled
OJ Simpson is acquitted of the murder of his wife and her friend in Los Angeles in 1995
In the News: Commissioners approve funds for industrial building…Woman from Conover convicted of shooting into occupied vehicle…Hickory man sentenced in Federal Court for fraud…A Catawba County Postal employee captured on video dumping mail into dumpster…Statesville man charged with rape
Weather: More Warm Sunshine
Sports: Coach Carter says Cougars must become team again after thumping at Watauga…Rockies win NL Wild Card over Cubs…AL wild Card is tonight in the Bronx…Panthers extend punter’s contract…
Happy Birthday: Chubby Checker, Lindsey Buckingham, Dennis Eckersley, Fred Couples, Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Simpson
Lindsey Buckingham
Gwen Stefani
At 2:18 p.m. today, FEMA will send out the first message testing the new nationwide presidential-level Wireless Emergency Alert. It will go to every smart phone in the United States that is turned on and within range of a cell tower. There is no opt-out. Originally scheduled for Sept. 20, the test was rescheduled for Oct. 3 due to Hurricane Florence.
According to USA Today, doctors in the United States are prescribing 69% fewer pain medications in light of the opioid crisis. Sounds like they got the message to me
Have you ever gone surfing ? A woman from Brazil has set a record riding a wave of 68 feet. The record for a man is 80 feet set in 2017, he also was from Brazil
Quote of the Day: “All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken”…Thomas Wolfe ( Born this day, 1900 in Asheville)