The Winner of the Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest
It’s Go Caroling Day and Sangria Day
Happy Underdog Day ! We love an Underdog that overcomes and Conquers
1606: The “Susan Constant,” “Godspeed” and “Discovery” set sail from England. Their landing at Jamestown, VA, was the start of the first permanent English settlement in America
1790: The first successful cotton mill in the United States began operating at Pawtucket, RI
1860: South Carolina became the first state to secede from the United States. Are they back ?
1924: Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison. Glaring example of why early-release, more often than not, ends badly
1938: Vladimir Zworykin patented the iconoscope television system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_K._Zworykin
1989: General Manuel Noriega, Panama’s former dictator, was overthrown by a United States invasion force
2019: The United States Space Force becomes the first new branch of the United States Armed Forces since 1947
In the News: Alexander County and Town of Taylorsville announce Holiday Schedule…Statewide “Booze it & Lose it” campaign underway…Man shot in Hickory parking lot, woman charged…Gunfire exchanged on Morganton street, home struck…Catawba County man gets 10 years in Federal Prison for trafficking drugs
Weather: Winter officially begins on Saturday. It’s going to feell like it this Weekend
Sports: Cougar Basketball rolls at South Iredell…Millsaps and Carter to represent ACHS in Saturday’s Shrine Bowl…State HS Football Championships this weekend…12 Team College Football Playoff begins tonight…Charges defeat the Broncos…Panthers host Arizona on Saturday…Horrible Hornets lose
Happy Birthday: Peter Criss, Alan Parsons, Chris Robinson, Blanche Baker, Jonah Hill, Kylian Mbappé
Something rare last night https://www.yahoo.com/sports/taking-advantage-obscure-rule-chargers-030543133.html
Word of the Day: Tannenbaum [ tan-uhn-boum ] A Christmas Tree. A Fir Tree. From German
Quote of the Day: “Never surrender opportunity for security”… Branch Rickey (Born this day in 1881)