Thursday, February 29th. Day 60 of 2024
It’s Leap Year Day !
1288 – Scotland established this day as one when a woman could propose marriage to a man. In the event that he refused the proposal he was required to pay a fine
1504: Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies
1860 – The first electric tabulating machine was invented by Herman Hollerith
1904 – In Washington, DC, a seven-man commission was created to hasten the construction of the Panama Canal
1908: James Madison University is founded in Harrisonburg, Virginia
1940 – Hattie McDaniel became the first black person to win an Oscar. She won Best Supporting Actress award for her role as Mammy in “Gone with the Wind.”
1944 – Dorothy McElroy Vredenburgh of Alabama became the first woman to be appointed secretary of a national political party. She was appointed to the Democratic National Committee
1944 – The Office of Defense Transportation, for the second year in a row, restricted attendance at the Kentucky Derby to residents of the Louisville area. This was an effort to prevent a railroad traffic burden during wartime
2012: North Korea agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid
In the News: Taylorsville teen killed in Caldwell County crash overnight…Man dies when skid-steer tumbles down mountain in Wilkes County…Over 2,000 Alexander County Voters now has cast early ballot…Taylorsville teen arrested…Dumb Crook News from Iredell County
Weather: Sunny and 55 today
Sports: Cougar Softball and Tennis postponed by rain and wind on Wednesday…Lady Cougar Hoops hope today’s practice won’t be their last of the season…AC Baseball hosts Mooresville today…Duke wins easy…App State keeps rolling…Mel Kiper’s 2.0 Mock is released
Happy Birthday: Tony Robbins, Antonio Sabato Jr, Saul Williams
Don Henley wraps up testimony in “Hotel California” trial
https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-henley-says-lyrics-hotel-232002102.html
Richard Lewis was a funny guy https://deadline.com/2024/02/richard-lewis-dead-1235841064/
Quote of the Day: “I never wanted to set the world on fire. So I never had to burn any bridges behind me”… Dinah Shore (Born this day in 1916)