Monday, January 13th
It’s Clean Your Desk Day ! I’m afraid because I just know I’ll trash something that will matter later
1888: The National Geographic Society was formed
1928: Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television
1927: The Wham-O Company began producing “Pluto Platters” They later changed the name to “Frisbee”
1968: Johnny Cash gave his legendary Folsom Prison performance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Folsom_Prison
1999: Michael Jordan announced his retirement from the NBA. He would return in 2001 after playing Minor League Baseball. Even MJ had trouble hitting a curveball
1982: Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists
2021: Outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump is impeached for a second time on a charge of incitement of insurrection following the storming of the Capitol one week prior
In the News: Alexander County Schools have Virtual Learning Day on Monday…County Offices and District Court on two-hour delay…Taylorsville man jailed for violating his sex-offender status…Maiden man gets 20-29 years for statutory rape…Granite Falls man arrested in Alexander County…
Weather: Sunshine with temps reaching mid to upper 40’s today…WATCH OUT FOR BLACK ICE THIS MORNING
Sports: Pretenders are gone, Contenders remain in NFL Playoffs…Last Wild Card game is tonight, Vikings vrs Rams…Ohio State big favorite in College Football Championship vrs Notre Dame next Monday…Hornets lose in the Valley of the Sun…Canes drop game to The Ducks in overtime
Happy Birthday: Bob Baffert, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Patrick Dempsey, Orlando Bloom, Liam Hemsworth, Connor McDavid
The risk of Wildfires increasing in North Carolina https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/nc-fire-danger-rising/275-66cf74f9-deff-4946-8624-4fbef38d5bd6
Word of the Day: vector [ vek-ter ] Math: A quantity possessing both magnitude and direction. In Biology, an insect or other organism that transmits a pathogenic fungus, virus, bacterium, etc. Computers: An array of data ordered such that individual items can be located with a single index or subscript. In aviation, to guide (an aircraft) in flight by issuing appropriate headings. From Latin
Quote of the Day: “ When life gives you Monday, dip it in glitter and sparkle all day”… Ella Woodward