Thursday, March 16th. Day 75 of 2023
It’s Lips Appreciation Day ! Love your Lips today
Happy No-Selfie Day ! Some won’t be happy if they’re no selfies for an entire day
1802: Congress establishes the United State Military Academy in West Point, New York
1850: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter was published
1926: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Goddard
1945: The Battle of Iwo Jima ended in the Pacific. Over 18,000 Japanese were killed, over 6,000 Americans died in the battle
1985: U.S. journalist Terry Anderson was kidnapped in Beirut; he was not released until December 4, 1991 after 2454 days in captivity
1995: Mississippi formally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, becoming the last state to approve the abolition of slavery
2020: The Dow falls almost 3,000 points, the single largest point drop in history and the second-largest percentage drop ever at 12.93%, an even greater crash than Black Monday (1929)
In the News: Here we go again Highway 127 widening project being discussed…New swim beach under construction in Bethlehem…Taylorsville Town Board issues abatement for 5 parcels…Statesville woman and Stony Point man arrested by Taylorsville Police…Man jailed in Alexander County after resisting arrest
Weather: Sunshine, High 62-65 ! Rain coming Friday afternoon
Sports: Cougar Softball shutout at West Wilkes…AC Baseball loses to North Davidson…Wills steps down as Cougar Hoop Coach…NCAA Dance gets busy today…Panther make some more roster moves…Baker Mayfield ends up in Tampa…Aaron Rogers says I love New York
Happy Birthday: Erik Estrada, Ray Benson, Nancy Wilson, Bob Ley, Ozzie Newsome, Flavor Flav, Patty Griffin, Lauren Graham, Joel Embiid
NASA changing Spacesuits https://apnews.com/article/nasa-moon-spacesuits-astronauts-486bb5722c78c250348e2ab36f312bf6
Word of the Day: bewray [ bih-rey ] to betray or deceive. Bewray is a compound of the prefix be-, which is a form of the preposition by, and wray, an obsolete verb meaning “to accuse, expose.”
Quote of the Day: “The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted”…James Madison (Born this day in 1751)