Friday, February 28th. Day 59 of 2025
How much is tooth worth these days ? It’s Tooth Fairy Day
1854: The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, Wisconsin
1885: AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) was incorporated
1940: The first televised basketball game is shown. The game featured Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh from Madison Square Garden in New York
1953: In a Cambridge University laboratory, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
1983: The Final episode of M*A*S*H aired on CBS. It drew 106 million viewers
1993: Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, Texas. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff followed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege
2001: The Northwest region of the U.S., including the state of Washington, was hit by an earthquake that measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale
2013: Benedict XVI resigned as pope. He was the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415 and the first to resign voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294
In the News: Taylorsville woman charged with felony child abuse…Alexander County couple arrested after major drug bust…Hickory woman jailed in Alexander County…Morganton Parole Absconder captured in Alexander County…County Fire Marshall Mark Earle retires today
Weather: Sunny but cooler. Last three days, high temps were 72, 72 and 71
Sports: Cougar Softball at home tonight…AC Baseball at Davie County…Lady Cougar Basketball in Rnd II of State Playoffs tonight at McDowell…Duke Women beat UNC…Hornets play and lose…Canes get back on track…Panther GM at Draft Combine says team has a lot of holes to fill. If owner David Tepper (and wife) will leave Dan Morgan alone, I think he’ll get it done
Happy Birthday: Mario Andretti, Bernadette Peters, Ricky Steamboat, John Turturro, Cindy Wilson, Robert Sean Leonard, Pat Monahan, Eric Lindros, Aroldis Chapman, Luka Dončić
National Weather Service hit by DOGE cuts https://apnews.com/article/national-weather-service-layoffs-trump-doge-a65360a1eb2500b7d47c9c966e383f4a
Word of the Day: behest [ bih-hest ] A command or directive. An earnest or strongly worded request. Prompting. “The plea was changed at the attorney’s behest”
Quote of the Day: “The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away”… Linus Pauling (Born this day in 1901)