Monday, March 3rd. Day 62 of 2025
It’s World Tennis Day. Any sport that uses the word Love can’t be bad
1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal
1923: TIME magazine is published for the first time
1934: John Dillinger escapes from jail in Crown Point, Indiana
1938: Oil is discovered for the first time in Saudi Arabia
1965: The Temptations “My Girl” goes number One on the Billboard Chart
1969: Sirhan Sirhan testified in a Los Angeles court that he killed Senator Robert Kennedy
1991: An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Officers
2005: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling
In the News: Burn Ban ordered for Alexander County…Man arrested for fatal hit and run in Catawba County…Moped rider struck and killed in Caldwell County…Stony Point man held without bond…Hiddenite man charged with violating his sex-offender status…Taylorsville woman released from prison on Friday and turned over to Alexander County Jail…
Weather: Sunshine and 52 today. Rain coming Tuesday night
Sports: Cougar Woman’s Basketball see season end Friday night at McDowell…AC Baseball wins Friday, loses on Saturday…Lady Cougar Softball off to 2-0 start…Wake at Duke tonight…Canes win in overtime on Sunday…Back to Back for Christopher Bell…
Texas company lands craft on the Moon https://www.10news.com/marketplace/locally-owned-locally-loved/carlsbad-company-over-the-moon-after-successful-lunar-landing
World Record set in Polar Bear Dip https://apnews.com/article/czech-record-polar-bear-dip-3015c17bf2efad8567a9bfeb35efb2aa
Happy Birthday: Jennifer Warnes, Miranda Richardson, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Herschel Walker, David Faustino, Jessica Biel, Jayson Tatum
Word of the Day: confound [ kon-found ] To perplex or amaze, especially by a sudden disturbance or surprise. To confuse, bewilder, contradict or refute. From French and Latin meaning to “mix”. “The decision confounded the process”
Quote of the Day: “Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open”… Alexander Graham Bell (Born this Day in 1847)