Friday, March 23rd. Day 83 of 2023
Happy Chocolate Covered Raisin Day ! How can anyone not love them ?
1765: Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Colonies to house British troops. It rankled us on this side of the pond
1837: Canada gives Black Citizens the right to vote
1883: The first telephone call between New York and Chicago took place. $5 says, somebody asked, “How’s the weather there?”
1920: The first US Coast Guard air station is established in Morehead City, NC
1942: The US government begins moving native-born citizens with Japanese ancestry into detention centers under Executive Order 9066, with intention of preventing home-grown espionage
1958: Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army
1989: Exxon tanker Valdez spills 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska
2020: The government of India orders a 21 day lockdown for world’s second most populous country of 1.3 billion people to deal with COVID-19
In the News: Inmate found dead in Lincoln Jail…School bus crash in Burke County…Taylorsville man jailed…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office continue to search for Taylorsville woman missing for almost a year…Iredell County man charged with shooting his cousin
Weather: Sunny and 82 ! Showers arrive Saturday
Sports: Cougar Baseball beats Charlotte Providence…Big Dance resumes, Thursday winners Kansas State, Florida Atlantic, UConn and Gonzaga…Canes lose on home ice…Steve Smith says the Panthers should take Bama QB Bryce Young
Happy Birthday: Nick Lowe, Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Ballmer, Kelly Le Brock, Annabella Sciorra, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jim Parsons, Alyson Hannigan, Peyton Manning
Little Tommy Brady buys Basketball team https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/tom-brady-buys-partial-stake-in-wnba-s-las-vegas-aces/ar-AA190pQe
Word of the Day : fructify [ fruhk-tuh-fahy ] To bear fruit, to become fruitful. Fructify is based on Latin frūctus, which means “fruit”
Quote of the Day: “What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes:… Harry Houdini (Born this day in 1874)