Monday, January 26th
It’s Bubble Wrap Day ! Popping it is fun, you have to, you just have to !
1784: In a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed displeasure over the eagle as the symbol of America. He wanted the symbol to be the turkey. Not one of Ben’s brighter ideas
1841: Britain formally occupied Hong Kong
1915: The Rocky Mountain National Park is established
1926: The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Logie_Baird
1934: The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem
1998: President Clinton denied having an affair with a former White House intern, saying “I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky” Woops on that one Willie
2006: Western Union discontinues the Telegram
2010: It was announced that James Cameron’s movie “Avatar” had become the highest-grossing film in history
2020: Kobe Bryant and his daughter along with 7 others die in California helicopter crash
News: Winter Storm puts area is near total shutdown…County Offices and Taylorsville Town Hall closed…Roads are ice covered…One person seriously injured Sunday evening in Alexander County ATV crash…Burke County man charged with assaulting firefighter…Statesville man arrested on felony drug charge in Alexander County…Hickory man gets prison time in drug case
Weather: Sunshine returns. Brutal cold tonight, low around 5
Sports: Taylorsville’s own Harry Gant inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame on Friday… Cougar Women win Friday night, AC Men lay an outright Egg…It will be Seattle and New England in the Super Bowl, Vegas says the Seahawks are favored by 4.5 pts
Happy Birthday: David Strathairn, Lucinda Williams, Anita Baker, Ellen DeGeneres, Wayne Gretzky, Vince Carter, Sara Rue
Word of the Day: heron [her-uhn] any of various long-necked and long-legged wading birds (family Ardeidae) with a long tapering bill, large wings, and soft plumage. “The Blue Heron spread it’s mighty wings and flew away.”
Quote of the Day: “If you’re playing a poker and you look around the table and can’t tell who the sucker is, it’s you”… Paul Newman (Born this day in 1925)