Talk of the Town: Upcoming Events, National Days, and a Look Back at History
On this week’s episode of the Talk of the Town Show, Monday, November 2, 2026, TownTalk Media’s Eric Horton took listeners through another week of community happenings, upcoming events, national celebrations, and interesting moments in history.
Eric highlighted several upcoming activities across Brownfield and Terry County as the community moves into the busy holiday season. From the Gobble Wobble Wine Run and Keep the Cheer Here Shop Local event to the annual Lighted Christmas Parade and Christmas on the Square, residents have plenty of opportunities to get involved, support local businesses, and celebrate together.
The show also explored the National Days being celebrated November 2–7, including National Deviled Egg Day, National Sandwich Day, National Candy Day, National Donut Day, National Nachos Day, and National Bison Day. These fun observances offered plenty of opportunities for conversation and a few laughs.
In the popular “This Day in History” segment, Eric revisited several significant events that helped shape America and the world. Highlights included Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, the historic 1948 presidential election upset by Harry Truman, the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, the first long-term crew arriving at the International Space Station, and Barack Obama’s historic presidential election in 2008.
With Election Day taking place Tuesday, November 3, the program also recognized the importance of civic participation and the role elections have played throughout American history.
Whether you’re looking for something to do around Terry County, planning for the upcoming holiday season, or simply want to learn something new, this week’s Talk of the Town offered a little bit of everything.
Catch the latest episode of Talk of the Town on TownTalk Media and stay connected with what’s happening across Brownfield and Terry County.
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Monday, November 2:
- Arnold Community Educational Services: Information Night; Brownfield Regional Medical Center Programs
Tuesday, November 3:
- Election Day: Midterm elections all day from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- TownTalk Show @ 9:30 am; guest TBD
- WUHS Lady Cat Volleyball vs White Deer @ Wayland Baptist, Area Round, 6:00 pm first serve
Wednesday, November 4:
- PAC Show @ 9:30 am
- Kendrick Memorial Library: Story time with Sadie @ 10:00 am, 3 to 4-year-olds only.
- Brownfield Chamber of Commerce: Ambassador Lunch @ 12:00 noon, @ The Triple D Winery. Lunch is $12
Thursday, November 5:
- City of Brownfield: City Council meeting @ 7:30 am
- TownTalk Show @ 9:30 am; Recap of City Council Meeting
- Brownfield Noon Lions Club: Meeting @ 12:00 noon @ Brownfield Senior Center
- Terry County Strings @ 7:00 pm @ Brownfield Senior Center
Friday, November 6:
- Sports Beat Show @ 9:30 am
- Brownfield Chamber of Commerce: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Trash or Treasure, 1207 W Main St, Brownfield
- BHS Lady Cub Basketball vs Lubbock High @ Home; 6:00 pm tipoff
- MHS Bronco Football vs Dawson @ Welch; 7:00 pm kickoff
Saturday, November 7:
- Our Promise Youth Academy (OPYA): 2nd Annual Kickball Tourney @ 9:00 am
- MHS Lady Bronco Joey Harrington @ Round Rock Class 1A State Cross Country meet; 9:30 am start time
- BHS Lady Cub Basketball vs Hale Center @ Hale Center; 11:30 am tipoff
- BHS Lady Cub Kate Hesse @ Round Rock Class 3A State Cross Country meet; 10:55 am start time
National Days & This Day in History, November 2–7, 2026
Monday, November 2, 2026
National Days & Observances
- National Deviled Egg Day
- National Ohio Day
- National Broadcast Traffic Professional’s Day
- Job Action Day
- International Doge Day
- All Souls’ Day
- Color the World Orange Day
This Day in History
- 1783 – General George Washington delivers his farewell address to the Continental Army.
- 1889 – North Dakota and South Dakota become the 39th and 40th states admitted to the United States.
- 1920 – Pittsburgh radio station KDKA broadcasts presidential election results, a landmark moment in commercial radio history.
- 1947 – Howard Hughes pilots the massive wooden aircraft known as the Spruce Goose on its first and only flight.
- 1948 – Harry S. Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey in one of America’s most famous presidential election upsets.
- 2000 – The first long-term crew arrives at the International Space Station, beginning continuous human habitation aboard the station.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
National Days & Observances
- National Sandwich Day
- National Housewife’s Day
- Election Day in the United States
- World Jellyfish Day
- One Health Day
This Day in History
- 1903 – Panama declares independence from Colombia.
- 1954 – The original Japanese film Godzilla is released, introducing one of cinema’s most recognizable monsters.
- 1957 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, carrying Laika, the first dog to orbit Earth.
- 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson wins the U.S. presidential election over Barry Goldwater in a landslide.
- 1973 – NASA launches Mariner 10, which later becomes the first spacecraft to fly by both Venus and Mercury.
- 1992 – Bill Clinton defeats incumbent President George H. W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
National Days & Observances
- National Candy Day
- National Chicken Lady Day
- Use Your Common Sense Day
- King Tut Day
- Will Rogers Day
This Day in History
- 1842 – Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1879 – James Ritty receives a patent for an early mechanical cash register.
- 1922 – British archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the entrance to King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt.
- 1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming and Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas become the first women elected governors of U.S. states.
- 1979 – Iranian militants seize the United States Embassy in Tehran, beginning the Iran hostage crisis.
- 1980 – Ronald Reagan defeats incumbent President Jimmy Carter.
- 2008 – Barack Obama becomes the first African American elected President of the United States.
Thursday, November 5, 2026
National Days & Observances
- National Donut Day (November observance)
- National Love Your Red Hair Day
- National Men Make Dinner Day
- American Football Day
- World Tsunami Awareness Day
- International Project Management Day
- Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom)
This Day in History
- 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot to blow up England’s Parliament is foiled, and Guy Fawkes is arrested.
- 1872 – Women’s suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony casts a ballot in the presidential election, leading to her arrest.
- 1912 – Woodrow Wilson wins the presidential election over Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Eugene V. Debs.
- 1930 – Sinclair Lewis becomes the first American awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- 1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt wins an unprecedented third presidential term.
- 1968 – Richard Nixon wins the presidency.
- 1994 – At age 45, George Foreman becomes the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history.
- 2017 – A gunman kills 26 people at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in one of the deadliest church shootings in U.S. history.
Friday, November 6, 2026
National Days & Observances
- National Nachos Day
- National Saxophone Day
- National Jersey Friday
- National Fountain Pen Day
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
This Day in History
- 1528 – Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and fellow survivors of a shipwreck reach the Texas coast, becoming among the earliest known Europeans in what is now Texas.
- 1814 – Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone, is born in Belgium.
- 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th President of the United States, becoming the first Republican president.
- 1861 – Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
- 1869 – Rutgers defeats Princeton 6–4 in the first intercollegiate football game.
- 1947 – NBC’s Meet the Press makes its television debut, becoming one of America’s longest-running programs.
- 1956 – Dwight D. Eisenhower wins reelection as President of the United States.
- 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam collapses in Georgia, killing 39 people.
- 1984 – Ronald Reagan wins reelection in a landslide against Walter Mondale.
- 1986 – President Reagan signs the Immigration Reform and Control Act into law.
Saturday, November 7, 2026
National Days & Observances
- National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
- National Bison Day
- National Play Outside Day
- National Retinol Day
- National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day
- International Merlot Day
- International Day of Medical Physics
This Day in History
- 1811 – The Battle of Tippecanoe takes place in Indiana, with American forces led by William Henry Harrison fighting Native American warriors.
- 1867 – Marie Curie, a pioneering physicist and chemist who would win two Nobel Prizes, is born in Poland.
- 1916 – Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
- 1917 – Bolshevik revolutionaries led by Vladimir Lenin overthrow Russia’s provisional government.
- 1940 – The Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington collapses during high winds, earning its place in engineering history.
- 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a fourth presidential term.
- 1972 – Richard Nixon wins reelection in a landslide against George McGovern.
- 1973 – Congress overrides President Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Resolution.
- 1989 – Douglas Wilder wins Virginia’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first African American elected governor of a U.S. state.
Month-Long Observances for November 2026
- National Native American Heritage Month
- National Military Family Month
- National Diabetes Month
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
- National Gratitude Month
- National Career Development Month
- National Family Literacy Month
- National Novel Writing Month
- National Long-Term Care Awareness Month