Good morning Okanagan! The morning start is back after a couple days off, so let鈥檚 get your Wednesday started!
Fun Fact: In Denmark, people leave their babies outside to sleep during the day鈥�
On this day
In 1933, a vote by the Berlin Olympic Committee approves basketball into the 1936 Olympics.
In 1957, Maurice 鈥楻ocket鈥� Richard becomes the first NHL player to reach 500 goals.
In 1966, Bobby Orr makes his NHL debut.
National holidays
Today is National Friends Day, National Seafood Bisque Day, National Medical Assistants Day, Ride to Work Day, World Humanitarian Action Day, World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day, and Evaluate Life Day.
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Trending
In college football this past weekend, Tennessee upset Alabama for the first time in years and the fans went nuts鈥�
A moment 16 years in the making for fans.
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What. A. Scene.
The fans partied so hard, they decided to take the goalposts鈥�
This view of fans taking apart the goal post 馃く
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And this fan who was watching at home celebrated the victory with his family so much that he tore his ACL鈥�
This Tennessee fan tore his ACL celebrating the win over Alabama.
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Celebrity birthdays
If your birthday is today, you share a birthday with actor Jon Favreau (56), actress Gillian Jacobs (40), actor John Lithgow (77), and former Toronto Blue Jay Jose Bautista (42).
Have a great day everyone!
jordy.cunningham@kelownacapnews.com
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