Friday, December 22nd. Day 356 of 2023
It’s Mathematics Day, that figures
1864: Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln . The message read, “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”
1894: The United States Golf Association was formed in New York City
1895: German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen made the first X-ray
1941: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin Roosevelt
1961: James Davis became the first U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam
1990: Lech Walesa was sworn in as Poland’s first popularly elected president
2001: Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner with explosives hidden in his shoes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid
In the News: Alexander County and Town of Taylorsville release holiday schedule…Watauga County Deputy involved in crash…Taylorsville woman charged with child abuse…Alexander County woman nabbed on felony drug charge…Taylorsville man arrested again…Hiddenite man facing charges in Iredell County…Six indicted in major drug trafficking ring centered around Hickory
Weather: A few clouds early but Sunshine and 55
Sports: Cougar Women get #1 seed in Holiday Tournament, AC Men will have to compete as a #6 seed…Wake gets hoop win…App loses game in Hickory…Rams hold on to beat Saints…Panthers host Packers on Christmas Eve…Canes drop one on overtime shoot-out…Dodgers go big for another Japanese import
Happy Birthday: Steve Carlton, Diane Sawyer, Rick Nielsen, Steve Garvey, Ray Guy, Ralph Fiennes, Ted Cruz, Jordin Sparks
Wow, some Road Rage https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/metro/wild-brawl-featuring-multiple-people-swinging-with-sticks-erupts-on-main-long-island-highway-after-car-crash-video/
Cribbage
Quote of the Day: “The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person – her husband”…Lady Bird Johnson (Born this day in 1912)