Friday January 28th
It’s Lego Day, Kazoo Day, and Blueberry Pancake Day. Have you stepped on a Lego in bare feet ? Even I can play a Kazoo and I love Blueberry Pancakes
1807: London’s Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight
1902: The Carnegie Institution was established in Washington, DC. It began with a gift of $10 million from Andrew Carnegie
1915: The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress
1922: The National Football League franchise in Decatur, IL, transferred to Chicago. The team took the name Chicago Bears
1935: Iceland became the first country to introduce legalized abortion
1977: A blizzard dumps 10 feet of snow in one day in Upstate New York
1986: The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed
1999: Ford Motor Company announced the purchase of Sweden’s Volvo AB for $6.45 billion
In the News: More than 1,200 cases of COVID in Alexander County in last 14 days…Granite Falls man dies in Burke County crash…Stony Point man on Iredell County’s Most Wanted List…Taylorsville man jailed…Alexander Deputies and Telecommunicators recognized for professionalism during December incident
Weather: Clouds, Showers this afternoon, maybe some Snow this evening. You’ll shiver this weekend
Sports: Cougar Basketball games vrs Ashe County postponed…U.S. wins World Cup Qualifier…Big Ben retires…Who you got in the NFL Conference Games ?
Happy Birthday: Alan Alda, Gregg Popovich, Barbi Benton, Sarah McLachlan, Amy Coney Barrett, Joey Fatone, Nick Carter, Elijah Wood
Toyota headed to the Moon https://apnews.com/article/space-exploration-technology-science-business-robotics-43addff6ee72bc7cf3b2bfcf9f3ab570
Got a call from a number with a Washington DC prefix on Thursday. I thought, is Joe calling me to say he was nominating me for the Supreme Court ? Before I answered it, I checked to time, it was 10:00 am. I knew it couldn’t be Joe, he’s still asleep
Frankly I don’t care if it snows or not but for sure it’s gonna be cold this weekend
Quote of the Day: :Personally, I don’t like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she’ll fool her husband, I figure she’ll fool me”…Orson Welles