Friday, January 15th
Happy Hat Day ! Don your favorite Chapeau
It’s Bagel Day
Oh my, it’s Strawberry Ice Cream Day too, YUM !!!
1844: The University of Notre Dame received its charter from the state of Indiana. They didn’t have a Football Team that year
1870: A cartoon by Thomas Nast titled “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” appeared in “Harper’s Weekly.” The cartoon used the donkey to symbolize the Democratic Party for the first time
1889: The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta
1943: The Pentagon is dedicated in Arlington, Virginia
1967: The first Super Bowl is played. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10
2001: Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online
2009: US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River less than two minutes after take-off. It’s known as “The Miracle on the Hudson” as all 155 people on board were rescued
In the News: County Health Department booked for COVID-19 vaccines will into next week…Alexander County Couple still being sought for Hickory murder…Taylorsville man being held without bond…Wilkes man charged with murder of neighbor…Fatal crash Thursday morning in Wilkes County
Weather: After a Sunny week, clouds and showers today. Looks like a cold weekend
Sports: Cougar Hoops host McDowell this evening…Former Cougar Coach named to Hall of Fame…NFL Divisional Playoffs this weekend, should be some really good games…Panther have found their GM…Meyer to take Jacksonville coaching job…Hornets lost to Toronto…Carolina Hurricanes open NHL season with win
Happy Birthday: Margaret O’Brien, Charo, Randy White, Mario Van Peebles, Chad Lowe, Mary Pierce, Drew Brees, Pitbull
Now there’s only Roy https://nypost.com/2021/01/14/siegfried-fischbacher-of-siegfried-and-roy-dead-at-81/
My NFL Playoff Picks for the weekend. On Saturday, Green Bay over the Rams and Buffalo nips Baltimore. Sunday, Chiefs large over the Browns and the Saints over Little Tommy Brady and the Bucs
It makes me happy to see so many people out taking a walk on a Sunny Day. I saw probably around 15 minions during my Thursday stroll
Quote of the Day: “Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money:…( Moliere Born this day in 1622)