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Welcome to Thursday. After a night's sleep, do you still think the fly won the debate?

Welcome to Thursday. After a night's sleep, do you still think the fly won the debate?

TICK TOCK

4 days to the 4th Congressional District debate (10/12/2020)
5 days to the day mail-in ballots can begin to be sent out (10/13/2020)
7 days to the 3rd Congressional District debate (10/15/2020)
7 days to the second presidential debate (10/15/2020)
11 days to the 2nd Congressional district debate (10/19/2020)
13 days to the Utah Attorney General debate (10/21/2020)
14 days to the third presidential debate (10/22/2020)
26 days to the 2020 election (11/3/2020)
103 days to inauguration day (01/20/2021)
109 days to the start of the 2021 Utah Legislature (1/25/2021)

Trivia Question Answer

Douglas Devore asked: Savvy Utah politicos know there are 29 counties in the state, but that hasn't always been the case. How many counties did Utah have when it became a state in 1896? (27) Bonus question: When were the additional counties created and by whom? (Duchesne was created in 1915 and Daggett in 1918. Both came into existence by gubernatorial proclamation after popular election.)

Three readers got the answer mostly right. None included the dates when the additional counties were added. Rep. Mike Winder answered first: "There were 27 counties at statehood. Daggett and Duchesne were created by popular vote and by gubernatorial proclamation after Utah became a state."
Kari Malkovich provided additional history: "In 1849, there were 7 counties -- Davis, Iron, Sanpete, Salt Lake, Tooele, Utah, and Weber. In 1851-52 three additional counties were added: Juab, Millard, and Washington. All other counties were established between 1854 and 1894 by the Utah Territorial Legislature except Daggett and Duchesne. They were created by popular vote and by gubernatorial proclamation after Utah became a state."
Carl Stark said: "There were 27 counties. Daggett and Duchesne counties were created after Utah became a state. They were created by a popular vote and a gubernatorial proclamation."

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1871 - The Great Chicago Fire begins in a barn. After burning two days it kills 200-300 people, destroys over 17,000 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (roughly $4 billion in 2020 dollars) in damage.
1918 - In WWI, U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York reportedly kills over 20 German soldiers and captures an additional 132 at the head of a small detachment in the Argonne Forest near the Meuse River in France. The exploits later earned York the Medal of Honor.
1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis, an early rock-and-roller, records "Great Balls of Fire" in Memphis, Tennessee.
1970 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature. He was a leading writer and critic of Soviet internal oppression.

Wise Words

Good Deeds: "It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it." Benjamin Franklin

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