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Today is Monday, Oct. 19, the 293rd day of 2020. There are 73 days left in the year. Highlight in History On Oct. 19, 1781, British troops under Gen.
Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, as the American Revolution neared its end. On this date In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, adopted a declaration of rights and liberties, which the British Parliament ignored. In 1812, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow. In 1944, the U.S. Navy began accepting Black women into WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service).
In 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during a sit-down protest at a lunch counter in Atlanta. (Sent to prison for a parole violation over a traffic offense, King was released after three days following an appeal by Robert F. Kennedy.) In 1977, the supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City.
In 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value (its biggest daily percentage loss), to close at 1,738.74 in what came to be known as In 1994, 22 people were killed as a terrorist bomb shattered a bus in the heart of Tel shopping district. In 2001, U.S. special forces began operations on the ground in Afghanistan, opening a significant new phase of the assault against the Taliban and al-Qaida. In 2002, in York, former mayor Charlie Robertson was acquitted and two other men were convicted in the shotgun slaying of Lillie Belle Allen, a young Black woman, during race riots that tore the city apart in 1969. In 2003, Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in St.
Square. In 2005, a defiant Saddam Hussein pleaded innocent to charges of premeditated murder and torture as his trial opened under heavy security in the former headquarters of his Baath Party in Baghdad. In 2014, Peyton Manning broke Brett NFL record of 508 career touchdown passes as he threw four TD passes in 42-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. (The record would later be broken by Drew Brees and Tom Brady.) Ten years ago The Pentagon directed the military to accept openly gay recruits for the first time in the history. Hosam Smadi, a Jordanian man caught in an FBI sting trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper, was sentenced to 24 years in prison after telling the court he was ashamed of his actions and renouncing al-Qaida.
patriarch Tom Bosley died in Rancho Mirage, California, at age 83. Five years ago Canadians voted for a sharp change in their government as the Liberals led by Justin Trudeau, the son of a former prime minister, won a landslide victory to end Conservative Stephen near decade in office. Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teenager arrested after a homemade clock brought to school was mistaken for a bomb, capped a whirlwind month with a visit to the White House, where he met with President Barack Obama for The Toronto Blue Jays roughed up Johnny Cueto for an 11-8 victory over the Royals that cut Kansas AL Championship series lead to 2-1. One year ago The Houston Astros advanced to the World Series for the second time in three years, defeating the New York Yankees 6-4 in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. (The Astros would lose the World Series to the Washington Nationals in seven games.) At a rally in New York, Bernie Sanders resumed his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, weeks after being sidelined by a heart attack.
In the wake of stinging criticism, President Donald Trump reversed his plan to hold the next Group of Seven world meeting at his Doral, Florida, golf resort. Birthdays Author John le Carre is 89. Actor Tony Lo Bianco is 84. Artist Peter Max is 83. Author and critic Renata Adler is 83.
Actor Michael Gambon is 80. Actor John Lithgow is 75. Feminist activist Patricia Ireland is 75. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 75.
Rock singer-musician Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) is 72. Actor Annie Golden is 69. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 68. Rock singer-musician Karl Wallinger (World Party) is 63. Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is 62.
Singer Jennifer Holliday is 60. Retired boxer Evander Holyfield is 58. Host Ty Pennington (TV: Makeover: Home is 56. Rock singer-musician Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 55. Actor Jon Favreau is 54.
Amy Carter is 53. co-creator Trey Parker is 51. Comedian Chris Kattan is 50. Rock singer Pras Michel (The Fugees) is 48. Actor Omar Gooding is 44.
Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 44. Writer-director Jason Reitman is 43. Actor Benjamin Salisbury is 40. Actor Gillian Jacobs is 38. Actor Rebecca Ferguson is 37.
Rock singer Zac Barnett (American Authors) is 34. Singer-actor Ciara Renee (TV: of is 30. Actor Hunter King is 27. Thought for Today is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to C.S. Lewis 2A MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020 Advertising Circulation Classifieds Editorials News Tips Weddings Sports Email news releases to Email weddings, anniversaries and engagements to Email executive editor at Email letters to the editor and guest views to Email Lakelands Connector at Email sports to NUMBERS S.C.: (NIGHT) Pick 3: 4-8-1.
Pick 4: 1-7-5-9. Palmetto Cash 5: 3-6-14-3536, Multiplier: 2. GEORGIA: Cash 3: 8-9-3. Cash 4: 0-9-2-4. Georgia 5: 6-52-2-7.
(NIGHT) Cash 3: 8-9-4. Cash 4: 4-9-5-1. Georgia 5: 5-2-8-5-9. LATE NUMBERS GEORGIA: Cash 3: 0-7-9. Cash 4: 7-1-2-7.
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To report an error, contact Executive Editor Richard Whiting at 864943-2522 or journal.com. FORECAST, 10A WEATHER PHOTO OF THE DAY Symptoms of COVID-19 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists the following as possible symptoms of COVID-19: Fever or chills Cough Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing Fatigue Muscle or body aches Headache New loss of taste or smell Sore throat Congestion or runny nose Nausea or vomiting Diarrhea Other symptoms are possible. Symptoms might appear two to 14 days after exposure to the virus. Who should get tested Health officials recommend that anyone with symptoms get tested, as well as those who have had exposure to people infected with COVID-19. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control also recommends month testing for people who are out and about in the community, around others, or not able to socially distance or wear a mask.
Routine testing allows public health workers to diagnose those who are asymptomatic and interrupt the ongoing spread of the virus. How to get tested If you think you should be tested for COVID-19, contact your health care provider. To find a testing location or event, visit scdhec.gov/covid19testing, contact your health care provider or call the screening line at an area hospital: Self Regional Healthcare 864-725-8200 Abbeville Area Medical Center 864-366-1770 NEED-TO-KNOW INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 Readers of Weekender edition might have done a double take or had a sense of deja vu when reading the A section. Yes, Page 6A was printed twice and, as a result, essentially knocked the Viewpoints page off the press. However, readers of the e-edition skip a beat.
Or a page. Without bogging you down with the details of what amounts to human error, suffice it to say the Viewpoints page did not make its way into print, but was contained in the e-edition. Still, we know a good many of you might have only read the printed copy of the paper and wondered whether there was an opinion on anything, to include the upcoming elections. And, as fate would have it, indeed there was an opinion, a column about Election Day coverage and a veritable slew of letters to the editor. And so, in good faith, we have increased the number of pages in edition to include the Weekender Viewpoints page for those who missed it.
See Page 7A. We saw the error of our ways and took what we think is the best approach to correcting it. the editors Weekender Viewpoints page arrives day late MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ASSOCIATED PRESS Flyover A pack of cyclists is backdropped by the Frecce Tricolori Italian Air Force aer obatic squad past, before 15th stage of the Giro cycling race in Italy. ASSOCIATED PRESS Visit from the lady First lady Barbara Bush chats with Big Bird and several children while taping a special segment of Oct.
19, 1989 at the Television Workshop in New York. TODAY IN HISTORY PHOTO HIGH: Mostly sunny and nice.
