Wednesday, December 21. Day 355 of 2022
Happy Winter ! It begins today
It’s Crossword Puzzle Day
Salute, it’s Short Girl Appreciation Day. I never look down on them, short girls rock !!!
1620: The “Mayflower”, and its pilgrims from England land at Plymouth Rock, MA
1898: Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium
1937: Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature . The movie was “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”
1951: Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from Baseball
1978: Police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that Gacy was later convicted of killing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy
1988: 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack
1995: The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control
In the News: Woman charged with stabbing death of man in Alexander County…Sheriff’s Office searching for Registered Sex Offender from Alexander County…Hickory woman arrested in Alexander County…Statesville man pleads guilty to murder…Missing teen in Caldwell County…Lenoir man charged with drug trafficking
Weather: Sunny with a high around 45 today
Sports: Cougar Hoops host North Gaston tonight…Wake drops Duke…Carolina Hurricanes are melting the ice…NC State QB leaving for Kentucky…Stunning development in Baseball
Happy Birthday: Phil Donahue, Jane Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evert, Ray Romano, Andy Dick, Kiefer Sutherland, Karrie Webb
The R Word is being used a lot https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-place-70-chance-us-110000504.html
The Governor did this ! https://www.wxii12.com/article/janet-danahey-deadly-fire-campus-apartments-clemency/42298397
I wish I could have taken a photo but I saw Santa driving a Subaru yesterday
Quote of the Day: “There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known”… John Lennon