Monday, March 24th. Dy 83 of 2025
Happy Chocolate Covered Raisin Day !
1765: Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Colonies to house British troops. It rankled us on this side of the pond
1837: Canada gives black citizens the right to vote
1883: The first telephone call between New York and Chicago took place. $5 says, somebody asked, “How’s the weather there?”
1920: The first US Coast Guard air station is established in Morehead City, NC
1942: The US government begins moving native-born citizens with Japanese ancestry into detention centers under Executive Order 9066, with intention of preventing home-grown espionage
1958: Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army
1989: Exxon tanker Valdez spills 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska
2020: The government of India orders a 21 day lockdown for world’s second most populous country to deal with COVID-19
In the News: Wildfires do significant damage in the area…Fatal residential fire in Morganton…Accounting firm under investigation to close Bethlehem office…Taylorsville woman facing felony drug charges in Hickory…Taylorsville man nabbed by Iredell Deputies…Conover Police charge Alexander County woman…Boone man has double-murder conviction upheld by State Supreme Court…Taylorsville man wins over $1 million in NC Lottery
Weather: Maybe a shower early. Clearing and Sunny this afternoon with high near 70. Of course the wind will blow
Sports: Cougar Baseball wins Friday in extra innings..AC Softball shuts out Watauga…Duke joins the other Top Seeds in NCAA Sweet 16…NC State and UNC try to reach Women’s Sweet 16 today…Canes win Sunday…Larson wins in South Florida…Hovland takes PGA event
Happy Birthday: Nick Lowe, Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Ballmer, Star Jones, Kelly Le Brock, Annabella Sciorra, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jim Parsons, Alyson Hannigan, Peyton Manning
Tiger confirms he’s having relationship with President Trumps former daughter in law https://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-vanessa-trump-donald-trump-jr-9b2a50f11efce7f23dcec362963ee839
Word of the Day: beckon [ bek-uhn ] To signal, summon, or direct by a gesture of the head or hand. To lure or entice. To appear inviting. “She needed only a nod to beckon a servant”
Quote of the Day: “What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes”… Harry Houdini (Born this day in 1874)