Friday, January 26th
It’s Peanut Brittle Day. I avoid it because my Dentist doesn’t need the money
1784: In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed displeasure over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey. Not one of Ben’s brighter ideas
1841: Britain formally occupied Hong Kong
1915: The Rocky Mountain National Park is established
1926: The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird
1934: The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem
1998: President Clinton denied having an affair with a former White House intern, saying “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky” Woops on that one Willie !
2010: It was announced that James Cameron’s movie “Avatar” had become the highest-grossing film in history
2020: Kobe Bryant and his daughter along with 7 others die in California helicopter crash
In the News: Still no charges filed after Wednesday standoff in Taylorsville. Taylorsville man detained…Catawba County couple busted for armed robbery…Newton man jailed after vehicle chase…Statesville man nabbed after allegedly stealing equipment from film crew
Weather: Warm but cloudy
Sports: Cougar Hoops play at Freedom tonight…App State wins again…Canes take down the Devils…Panthers hire a coach, he’s got a major task…Falcons name new coach…NFL Conference Championships are Sunday
Happy Birthday: Bob Uecker, David Strathairn, Anita Baker, Ellen DeGeneres, Wayne Gretzky, Vince Carter, Sara Rue
Melanie has passed https://apnews.com/article/melanie-singer-dead-brand-new-key-61b931624ae2c6e4d27286259eafd3e1
Social Media keeps confirming that some people need to be exiled but I’m not sure where
Word of the Day: pulchritude [ puhl-kri-tood ] Physical beauty or allure. First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Latin pulchritūdō “beauty,” equivalent to pulchri- (combining form of pulcher “beautiful”)
Quote of the Day: “If you’re playing a poker and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you”… Paul Newman (Born this day in 1925)