Friday, February 18. Day 49 of 2022
It’s National Drink Wine Day ! Let’s do
1861: Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. The United States refused to recognize the office because after all, the South was NOT a nation
1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published
1930: Pluto was discovered. Poor Pluto, it’s been declared a dwarf
1954: The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles
1970: The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
2001: NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash during final lap of the Daytona 500
2001: FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and accused of spying for Russia for more than 15 years. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole
In the News: Local candidate filing to resume on February 24th…Board of Elections sets early voting schedule…Former Hickory Police Officer gets prison time…Hickory bridge collapses overnight…Hiddenite man jailed…
Weather: We clear, Sunshine around 52 this afternoon
Sports: Alexander Central Woman and Men will play for Conference Tournament Titles this evening…App loses…Hornets in free-fall…Who you got in the Daytona 500 ?
Happy Birthday: Yoko Ono, Dennis DeYoung, Juice Newton, John Travolta, Vanna White, Greta Scacchi, Molly Ringwald, Jillian Michaels
An epic strawberry ! https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/giant-strawberry-guinness-world-record/index.html
A racoon crashes the party at LSU https://apnews.com/article/oddities-sports-louisiana-education-mens-college-basketball-a0d112be122d10b91837769832e06f5e
Quote of the Day: “The client is not always right”… Enzo Ferrari (Born this day in 1898)