Monday, February 9th. Day 40 of 2026
It’s National Pizza Day
1825: The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as President. No candidate had received a majority of electoral votes
1870: The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service today
1895: The first college basketball game was played as Minnesota State School of Agriculture defeated the Porkers of Hamline College, 9-3
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1969: The Boeing 747 flew its inaugural flight
1971: Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
1989: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co. completed the $25 billion purchase of RJR Nabisco
2025: Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl 40-22
News: Alexander County Schools back on regular schedule today…County Board of Education meets this evening…Man with knife shot by Hickory Police…Taylorsville man busted on felony drug trafficking charges…Taylorsville man served warrants from Catawba County…Man wanted for attempted murder in Statesville found dead after standoff in Burke County
Weather: Sunshine and mid to upper 40’s
Sports: Cougar Hoops takes two from McDowell in Saturday Matinee…Tremble’s Three Dumps Duke…Hornets go for 10 straight tonight…Seattle shuts-down New England in a less than spine tingling Super Bowl…Winter Games will get top-billing this week
Happy Birthday: Carole King, Joe Pesci, Mia Farrow, Judith Light, Phil Ford, John Kruk, Travis Tritt, Dan Shulman, Michael B. Jordan, Camille Wimush, Saquon Barkley
Florida man charged wit h assault by ketchup https://thesmokinggun.com/buster/battery/ketchup-battery-563891
I went to bed at halftime last night, the game was something of a snoozer. With that, I did not watch the halftime show and frankly don’t care which one you watched, or didn’t watch !
Word of the Day: equanimous [i-kwahn-uh-muhs ] having emotional stability and composure, particularly in times of high stress. From Latin. “The protesters are anything but equanimous but that gets them on the TV screen.”
Quote of the Day: “Whatever you are, be a good one.”… Abraham Lincoln