Friday, January 12
It’s Pharmacists Day
Happy Kiss a Red Head Day !
1896: At Davidson College, several students took x-ray photographs. They created the first X-ray photographs to be made in America
1915: Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park
1948: The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race
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1969: The New York Jets stunned the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III
1971: “All In the Family” debuted on CBS. It broke long standing barriers in American society
1991: Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Bush to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait
2000: Charlotte Hornets guard Bobby Phills was killed in a crash
In the News: Pedestrian struck and killed in Hickory…Taylorsville man charged with violation of his pre-trial release…Taylorsville man facing felony drug charges in two counties…Man charged with using duct tape to retrain wife in Iredell County…Hudson woman arrested after overdose death…
Weather: Showers develop by noon. It gets windy too
Sports: Cougar Basketball opens conference play at Ashe County tonight…App State gets win…Canes down the Ducks…NFL Playoffs kick-off this weekend…My picks, Houston, Kansas City, Buffalo, Dallas, Detroit and Philly
Happy Birthday: Drew Pearson, Howard Stern, Oliver Platt, Dominique Wilkins, Christiane Amanpour, Jeff Bezos, Melanie Jayne Chisholm
You’ve probably notice that Auto Insurance premiums are increasing, here’s why (don’t believe all or it) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/car-insurance-rates-inflation-costs/
Hertz trading in EV’s for gas powered Vehicles https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/hertz-sell-20-000-evs-123933213.html
Word of the Day: enigma [uh-nig-muh ] A person or thing that is puzzling or contradictory in character. Enigma was also the name of a ciphering machine used by the German military during World War II. A precursor to computer encryption, the Enigma machine encoded messages into a seemingly random string of letters to be decoded by another Enigma machine.
Quote of the Day: “The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around” …Thomas A. Edison