Monday, January 29
It’s Curmudgeon’s Day
Happy National Bubble Wrap Day !
1845: Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” was published
1886: The first successful petrol-driven motorcar, built by Karl Benz, was patented in Germany
1892: The Coca-Cola Company is incorporated
1936: The first members of Baseball’s Hall of Fame were named . The five were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
1963: The first members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame were named
1995: The San Francisco 49ers became the first team in National Football League (NFL) history to win five Super Bowl titles. The 49ers defeated the San Diego Chargers 49-26.
2002: In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea
2020: The Trump administration establishes the White House Coronavirus Task Force
In the News: Man dies in Wilkes County crash…Area Homeless count scheduled for Friday…Statesville man facing felony drug charges in Alexander County…Yadkin County woman charged by Taylorsville Police…Taylorsville man spends weekend in jail after arrest on Friday…Stony Point man charged with harboring fugitive
Weather: Sunny and Windy, High near 50
Sports: Cougar Basketball has tough night at Freedom on Friday…Super Bowl will be Chiefs and 49ers after one held on and the other rallied…Vegas line has 49ers a slight favorite
Happy Birthday: Katharine Ross, Tom Selleck, Ann Jillian, Oprah Winfrey, Judy Norton, Greg Louganis, Nicholas Turturro, Heather Graham, Paul Ryan, Sara Gilbert, Adam Lambert
The World’s largest cruise ship has set sail https://news.yahoo.com/royal-caribbeans-icon-worlds-largest-001552028.html
Word of the Day: curmudgeon [ ker-muhj-uhn ] A bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. In modern times the term is more kindly meaning a grump or critic, more often than not a man
Quote of the Day: “It’s morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money”… W. C. Fields (Born this day in 1880)