Monday, January 19th
It’s Martin Luther King Jr Day
Happy National Popcorn Day !
1793: King Louis XVI was tried by the French Convention, found guilty of treason and sentenced to the guillotine
1915: George Claude of Paris patented the neon discharge tube for use in advertising signs
1944: The federal government relinquished control of the nation’s railroads after the settlement of a wage dispute
1953: Around 70 percent of all television sets were tuned the CBS when Lucy gave birth on “I Love Lucy”
1974: Notre Dame ended UCLA’s 88 game college basketball winning streak
1978: The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW’s plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continued until 2003
1981: The U.S. and Iran signed an agreement paving the way for the release of 52 Americans held hostage for more than 14 months
2022: We had 4 to 5 inches of snow on the ground and you would have thought the world had ended. People up north were laughing at us. Most of us deserved it
News: Iredell teen found safe after massive search but way more questions than answers so far…Catawba County man nabbed in Alexander County after search…Hiddenite woman facing drug charges…Taylorsville man charged by Long View Police
Weather: Sunny and 45 today
Sports: Sturgill sets Alexander Central Swimming records…Cougar Hoops get big Friday conference wins over Watauga…Hornets win in Denver Sunday night…NFL Final Four is set…College Football Championship tonight. Hoosiers are favored to beat Miami
Happy Birthday: Dolly Parton, Paula Deen, Katey Sagal, Jeff Van Gundy, Drea de Matteo, Frank Caliendo
Does Lip Balm really help ? https://apnews.com/article/does-lip-balm-work-on-dry-lips-b3ef710f505df335a790ccc86df09eb0
Word of the Day: lineage [lin-ee-ij] direct descent from an ancestor, esp a line of descendants from one ancestor. number of lines of printed or written matter. “The vanished colony and it’s lineage is more mystery than fact.”
Quote of the Day: “Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it’s not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.”… Janis Joplin (Born this day in 1943)