Monday, January 6th
It’s Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
Happy Cuddle-Up Day ! Good Idea
1838: Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time
1912: New Mexico became the 47th U.S. state
1945: The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties
1952: “Peanuts” debuted in Sunday papers across the United States
1976: Ted Turner buys the Atlanta Braves for $12 million
1994: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant in Detroit. Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding’s ex-husband
1999: The 106th U.S. Congress opened. The first item on the agenda was the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton
2021: Rioters supporting President Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the US Congress
In the News: BLACK ICE WARNING THIS MORNING…Threat of frozen precipitation impacts area school schedules, No classes for Alexander County Students…School Board to have work session Tuesday Morning…Texas man arrested by Taylorsville Police…Taylorsville woman facing new charges…Stony Point man facing felony drug charges
Weather: BLACK ICE WARNING THIS MORNING!!!
Sports: Cougar Men win Friday over N Wilkes. Women’s cold shooting costs them again…Panthers close season with 5th win. Tepper says we have our QB…NFL Playoff schedule is set…Canes win in OT…Not shockingly, the Hornets lose…
Happy Birthday: Lou Holtz, James Goodnight, Nancy Lopez, Paul Azinger, Howie Long, Julie Chen, Kate McKinnon, AJ Hawk, Eric Trump
106-year-old man tells quite a story https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1wU4pO
Word of the Day: histrionics [ his-tree-on-iks ] Behavior or speech for effect, as insincere or exaggerated expression of an emotion. A theatrical performance. “The song was performed simply and without histrionics”
Quote of the Day: “Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep”…Carl Sandburg (Born this day in 1878)