Monday, March 7th. Day 66 of 2022
Happy Cereal Day !
1774: The British closed the port of Boston. Bad move on their part
1876: Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his telephone
1887: North Carolina State University is chartered
1933: The board game Monopoly was invented
1965: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama
1986: Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. Challenger had exploded 73 seconds into flight on January 28th killing all 7 crew members onboard
2016: Peyton Manning announces his retirement from Football
In the News: Filing period ends in Alexander County, a candidate is attempting to get on ballot for County Commissioner as non-affiliated…County Commissioners meet today…Man charged with statutory rape in Alexander County…Hickory man charged with attempted murder…
Weather: Warm, High in 70’s. Very windy, showers coming tonight
Sports: Cougar Baseball wins Saturday…Carrigan leads AC Softball to impressive wins Friday and Saturday…Who would have thought Carolina would take Duke and Coach K to the cleaners, not me ?…NC State wins Women’s ACC Tournament…Canes win Sunday…Sheffler wins for second time in less than a month on PGA Tour…Bowman wins in Vegas
Happy Birthday: Janet Guthrie, Daniel J. Travanti, Michael Eisner, Bryan Cranston, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, Bryan Cranston, Ivan Lendl, Taylor Dayne, Rachel Weisz
Poll says only 34 % of Americans can find Ukraine on the map https://dir.md/2022/02/09/can-americans-find-ukraine-on-a-map/?host=morningconsult.com
Woman in Asheville wants to keep her FART license plate https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/03/04/North-Carolina-vanity-plate-FART/1811646428898/
Quote of the Day: “To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent”…Buddha