Friday, January 23, 2025
It’s Pie Day. I like Pie, can’t imagine anyone who don’t
1789: Georgetown College (now University) was established as the first Catholic college in the U.S. The school is in Washington, DC
1845: Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
1849: Elizabeth Blackwell is awarded her M.D. by the Geneva Medical College of Geneva, New York, becoming the United States’ first female doctor
1950: The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
1968: North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo, charging it had intruded into the nation’s territorial waters on a spying mission. The crew was released 11 months later
1971: In Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska the lowest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was reported as minus 80 degrees. That’s not wind chill either
1973: President Richard Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end the Vietnam War
1997: Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State
2002: American journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Pakistan and subsequently murdered
2020: China locks down the city of Wuhan and its 9 million people in an effort to control the city’s COVID-19 outbreak
News: Region in Full Alert Mode with Major Winter Storm approaching…County Emergency Management urges citizens with special needs to utilize the Special Needs Registry…Stony Point Barn destroyed by fire on Thursday…Alexander County Board of Elections to test voting equipment today…Another scam warning from Division of Motor Vehcile
Weather: WINTER STORM WATCH begins on Saturday. No bad at all today with high near 50
Sports: Taylorsville’s own Harry Gant to be inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame tonight…Cougar Basketball host South Caldwell this evening…App gets hoops win…Hornets take over the Magic Kingdom…Carolina Hurricanes lose in overtime shootout…We’ll know the Super Bowl teams by Sunday night
Happy Birthday: Jerry Kramer, Gil Gerard, Richard Dean Anderson, Chesley Sullenberger, Robin Zander, Mariska Hargitay, Norah O’Donnell
Jon Presnell
Word of the Day: gambit [gam-bit] Any maneuver by which one seeks to gain an advantage. Chess. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece. a remark intended to start a conversation a calculated move. “Although his gambit looked promising, in reality it failed.”
Quote of the Day: “Winter is nature’s way of saying, ‘Up yours !” … Robert Byrne