Tuesday, February 2. Day 33 of 2021
Happy Goundhog’s Day ! I must be honest, I don’t care if the rodent sees his shadow or not
It’s Play Your Ukulele Day ! You don’t see many of them anymore
1653: New Amsterdam is incorporated. It’s New York City today
1863 Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a pseudonym Mark Twain for the first time
1922: “Ulysses” by James Joyce is published
1943: The Battle of Stalingrad ended when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last organized German troops in the city. More than 2 million people died during the siege. The city is now named Volgograd
1963: Pebbles Flinstone is born to Fred and Wilma Flinstone in the city of Bedrock
1980: Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation
In the News: 11 news cases of COVID-19 added Monday in Alexander County…Taylorsville Town Board meets this afternoon…Former bank building demolished in Bethlehem…Another Scam Warning…Two die in Burke County crash…Hiddenite man jailed on series of charges
Weather: More clouds than sun, and very windy today. Brrrr…
Sports: Duke falls to a bad Miami team…Heels visit Clemson this evening…Hornets get boost from a forgotten man…Baseball owners and players at odds over start of season…A true “Dirt Bag” (it’s a compliment) retires
Happy Birthday: Tom Smothers, Bo Hopkins, Graham Nash, Christie Brinkley, Kim Zimmer, Shakira
Report says half of Moscow’s 12 million residents have or have had COVID-19 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9211297/Half-Moscows-12million-residents-Covid-19-mayor-reveals.html
Tony Bennett has Alzheimers https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/celebrity/tony-bennetts-family-reveals-he-was-diagnosed-with-alzheimers-in-2016-we-have-great-doctors/ar-BB1dhUtE
We start giving out some Blum’s Farmers Almanacs this morning thanks to Country Road Greenhouse and Nursery. Listen to win
If you see a Groundhog today, what does it mean ?
Quote of the Day: “The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think”… Farrah Fawcett (Born this day in 1947)