Friday, January 27th
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It”s Chocolate Cake Day !
1785: The University of Georgia was founded. Their Football team was not quite at the level it is now
1880: Thomas Edison receives a patent for his incandescent lamp
1927: United Independent Broadcasters Inc. started a radio network with with 16 stations. The company later became CBS
1945: Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland
1973: The Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris
1992: Former world boxing champion Mike Tyson went on trial for allegedly raping an 18-year-old contestant in the 1991 Miss Black America Contest
2010: Steve Jobs unveiled the first Apple iPad
In the News: A COVID-19 associated death for the third straight week in Alexander County…Taylorsville home destroyed by fire re-kindles twice on Thursday…Wilkes County man gets prison time for child assault…Taylorsville woman jailed without bond…Statesville woman arrested by Alexander County Deptuties
Weather: Sunny today, not so windy with a high in upper 40’s
Sports: Cougar Basketball travels to Ashe County tonight…Panthers hire new coach, he’s not a bad choice but some are not happy…NFL Conference Championships on Sunday, two coin-flips as I see it…Billy Packer has died
Happy Birthday: James Cromwell, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Roberts, Mimi Rogers, Cris Collinsworth, Keith Olbermann, Bridget Fonda, Alan Cumming, Rosamand Pike
Here’s what NOT to do if you hit a big lottery jackpot https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/record-breaking-scottish-lottery-winner-colin-weir-blew-through-50m-before-death/
A Diva Bear https://www.cnet.com/science/biology/this-bear-really-knows-how-to-take-a-selfie/
Stay away from Toxic People and chances are, you’ll live longer https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/26/worlds-oldest-person-115-maria-branyas-morera-california
Word of the Day: Pandiculation
pan·dic·u·la·tion
A stretching and stiffening especially of the trunk and extremities (as when fatigued and drowsy or after waking from sleep)
Quote of the Day: “I don’t have a college degree, and my father didn’t have a college degree, so when my son, Zachary, graduated from college, I said, ‘My boy’s got learnin’!’” …Robin Williams