Monday, January 16th
It’s Martin Luther King Jr Day
1909: Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
1919: Prohibition is ratified in the Senate. It would begin in 1920
1945: Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker where he remained until he took his life
1964: “Hello Dolly!” opened on Broadway
1985: “Playboy” magazine announced its 30-year tradition of stapling centerfold models in the bellybutton and elsewhere would come to an immediate end
1998: Three Federal Judges granted Kenneth Starr authority to probe whether President Clinton or Vernon Jordan urged Monica Lewinsky to lie about her relationship with Clinton
2020: The first Impeachment trial of President Trump begins in the Senate
In the News: King Holiday has County Offices and Town Hall close today…Iredell County Sheriff’s Office searching for man who they suspect murdered his father…Woman found dead last week in Catawba County was arrested last Fall in Alexander County…Taylorsville man facing child-porn related charges…Taylorsville man jailed for probation violations…Taylorsville woman jailed on drug charges
Weather: Clouds rule this week, Rain coming but not today
Sports: Games were close over the weekend in the NFL Playoffs….Dallas at Tampa Bay tonight…Panther coaching search continues…UNC women beat NC State on Sunday…Duke crashes at Clemson on Saturday….Canes suffer bad overtime loss on Sunday
Happy Birthday: A. J. Foyt, Ronnie Millsap, Jim Stafford, Roy Jones Jr., Kate Moss, Albert Pujols
Could Beetleburgers be the next big thing ? https://studyfinds.org/beetleburgers-feed-the-world/
Marie Osmond giving her kids some tough love https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/marie-osmond-kids-inheritance-laziness-entitlement-180640902.html
Quote of the Day: “Sanity is a cozy lie”… Susan Sontag (Born this day in 1933)