Monday, February 19. Day 50 of 2024
It’s President’s Day ! Insert punch line here
1807: Former Vice President Aaron Burr is arrested for treason
1878: Thomas Edison patents the phonograph
1945: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima. The battle lasted for 5 weeks and was one of the bloodiest of the Pacific War. Almost 7,000 Americans were killed. Japan suffered losses of close to 20,000
1986: The Soviet Union launched the Mir Space Station
2008: Fidel Castro resigned the Cuban presidency. His brother Raul was later named as his successor
2010: Tiger Woods issues a statement admitting infidelity and says he’s “stepping away from golf”
In the News: Taylorsville man awaiting trial on child-sex charges is arrested again…405 voters have already cast a ballot in Alexander County…Maiden toddler killed while playing in roadway…Taylorsville woman facing felony drug charges…Taylorsville woman charged with assaulting deputy…Hiddenite man arrested…Morganton man taken into custody while wearing woman’s blouse he allegedly stole from residence
Weather: Sunshine and 55 today
Sports: Cougars close regular season with wins, host league tournament games Tuesday night…Dahlstrom gets runner-up finish in State Wrestling Tournament…Daytona 500 washed out, they’ll try again this afternoon…Matsuyama wins in Los Angeles
Happy Birthday: Smokey Robinson, Amy Tan, Jeff Daniels, Roger Goodell, Prince Andrew, Duke of York , Seal, Justine Bateman, Benicio del Toro, Haylie Duff, Nikola Jokic
Sir Paul’s guitar is returned https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/paul-mccartney-s-stolen-bass-guitar-has-been-returned-50-years-later-after-beatles-fans-organized-a-search/ar-BB1ipfAz
Word of the Day Oblique- Verb: Neither perpendicular nor parallel. Not straightforward or vague. Noun- Any of the thin flat muscles forming the middle and outer layers of the lateral walls of the abdomen . Adverb- At a 45 degree angle. Middle English oblique, oblike, borrowed from Anglo-French oblic
Quote of the Day: “I have never been jealous. Not even when my dad finished fifth grade a year before I did”… Jeff Foxworthy