Monday, March 6th. Day 65 of 2023
It’s Oreo Cookie Day. Hard time understanding how anyone don’t like them
1820: The Missouri Compromise was enacted by Congress. The act admitted Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory
1836: The thirteen-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas volunteers
1899: Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and Hermann Dreser
1946: Ho Chi Minh, the President of Vietnam, struck an agreement with France that recognized his country as an autonomous state
1960: The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to Vietnam
1981: Walter Cronkite appeared on his last episode of “CBS Evening News
1992: The last episode of “The Cosby Show” aired. The show had been on since September of 1984
In the News: Alexander County Commissioners meet tonight…Fatal crash in Caldwell County…Statesville man charged with passing stopped School Bus…Registered sex-offender in Alexander County custody…Former Lake Norman Softball coach facing more charges…Two teens charged with making threats to Maiden High School
Weather: Sunny and 70 today
Sports: Cougar Baseball romps in Saturday game…AC Softball host West Wilkes at 6pm today…Tar Heels need to win ACC Tournament to go dancing…LRU women win SAC Tournament…Canes trounce Tampa…
Original Skynyrd member has passed https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gary-rossington-founding-lynyrd-skynyrd-013029069.html
Happy Birthday: Alan Greenspan, Ivan Boesky, Valentina Tereshkova, David Gilmour, Dick Fosbury, Rob Reiner, D. L. Hughley, Shaquille O’Neal
Prince Harry into some strange stuff https://pagesix.com/2023/03/04/prince-harry-psychedelics-are-fundamental-part-of-life/
Word of the Day: bowdlerize [ bohd-luh-rahyz ]… To edit or amend a written work by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable
Quote of the Day: “I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught”… Winston Churchill