Friday, December 31st. Day 365 of 2021
1857: Britain’s Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada
1879: Thomas Edison gave his first public demonstration of incandescent lighting to an audience in Menlo Park, New Jersey
1897: Brooklyn spent its last day as a separate entity before becoming part of New York City
1907: The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square
Starr Sneaks In
1999: The United States hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama
2019: The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan, China. You have three guesses to figure out what it was
In the News: COVID cases ramping at record level, 40 new cases reported Thursday in Alexander County…Taylorsville man released from hospital and placed in jail…Stony Point man facing Catawba County charges…Woman jailed in Alexander County…Inmate found dead in Burke County Jail
Weather: Fogg start, high near 70, maybe a shower
Sports: Tar Heels show nothing in Mayo Bowl, when will Mack win games with all the highly touted recruits ? Wake will try to win a game for the ACC today…Cincy-Bama, Georgia-Michigan, who you got in National Semi-Finals today ?…Canes play and win
Happy Birthday: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Burton Cummings, Tim Matheson, Bebe Neuwirth, Val Kilmer, Nicholas Sparks, Donald Trump Jr
The “Let’s Go Brandon” chant is showing profit https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/nascars-brandon-brown-signs-sponsorship-deal-with-company-inspired-by-lets-go-brandon/ar-AASiqLQ
Just when you thought you’d heard it all https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/Wild-boar-attacked-surfer-in-Hawaii-16736378.php
Have fun tonight. Revel in the New Year, it’s gotta get better but remember this. If you have one too many, don’t drive ! HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
Quote of the Day: “The combination of hatred and technology is the greatest danger threatening mankind”…Simon Wiesenthal (Born this day in 1908)