Monday, December 8. Day 342 of 2025. 17 Shopping Days until Christmas
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1863: President Lincoln announced his plan for the Reconstruction of the South
1941: The United States enters World War II when it declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared war on Japan. FDR delivers his address to Congress
1962: Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike. The walkout would last for 114 days
1980: John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in New York City
1990: The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time
2007: QB Tim Tebow of Florida wins the Heisman Trophy
2010: SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft
2019: The first confirmed case of COVID-19 is reported in China
News: Alexander County poultry operation goes up in flames Friday evening…Wilkes County woman dies in fire…Man shot and killed by Highway Patrol Trooper in Caldwell County…New County Manager Munday sits-in at his first Commissioners meeting tonight…Inmate escapes Lincoln County Correctional Center…Taylorsville woman facing drug charges in Iredell County
Weather: Clouds and cool, clearing and down right cold this evening
Sports: Watauga punches ticket to 6A Football Final…Maiden’s Magical Mystery Tour ends at Brevard…Notre Dame takes their ball and goes home after College Football Poll is released…Panthers slide into division lead without even playing on Sunday…Tar Heels Hoops get Sunday win…Canes getting sloppy…Kent named to Hall of Fame
Happy Birthday: Kim Basinger, George Rogers, Teri Hatcher, Ann Coulter, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Philip Rivers, Nicki Minaj
This too shall pass https://apnews.com/article/faberge-pendant-octopussy-new-zealand-james-bond-8baf32dc38a3360b145f678261ffde50
Word of the Day: mesa [mey-suh] an isolated relatively flat-topped natural elevation usually more extensive than a butte and less extensive than a plateau. Mesas are common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. From Spanish meaning “table” “The Arizona mesa offered stunning views.”
Quote of the Day: “The devil made me do it.”… Flip Wilson (Born this day in 1933)