Friday, February 21. Day 52 of 2025
It’s National Caregivers Day
1842: John Greenough is granted the first U.S. patent for the sewing machine
1848: The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
1878: The first telephone directories are issued in the U.S. to residents in New Haven, CT. The single sheet had 50 names and numbers
1947: Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land Camera to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera to take, develop and print a picture on photo paper all in about 60 seconds. The camera went on sale the following year
1948: NASCAR is incorporated
1965: Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims
1975: Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up
1995: Steve Fossett lands in Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon
In the News: Fire claims Bethlehem residence on Thursday…Hickory police make arrest in fatal hit and run…Three Stony Point residents taken into custody on Thursday…Former Hickory Firefighter convicted on child porn charges…Catawba County investigators asking for victims of scam that put two men in jail to come forward
Weather: Getting warmer. High in mid 40’s today, 50 Saturday, 55 on Sunday !
Sports: Northwestern Conference Tournament Title games set for tonight…App gets hoop win…Canada beats USA…Hornets lose in Denver…USA falls to Canada…NASCAR runs in Atlanta
Happy Birthday: William Petersen, Kelsey Grammer, Alan Trammell. Mary Chapin Carpenter, William Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt
Ship leaves port so it can be sunk https://apnews.com/article/historic-ship-artificial-reef-philadelphia-florida-gulf-818c44d7f3078c4ffa3b8aa39f3329ed
Word of the Day: jargon [ jahr-guhn ] The language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group. Unintelligible or meaningless talk or writing; gibberish, talk or writing that one does not understand. From French and Italian. “The attorney used vague jargon leading the clients to have doubts”
Quote of the Day: “I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, ‘Where’s the self-help section?’ She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.”…George Carlin