Thursday, December 31st. Day 366 of 2020
It’s Make Up Your Mind Day ! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/make-up-your-mind-day/
1862: Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia in two
1879: Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey
1907: The first New Year’s Eve celebration is held in Times Square
1967: The Green Bay Packers won the NFL championship by defeating the Dallas Cowboys 21-17. The game is known as the Ice Bowl since it was played in a wind chill of 40 degrees below zero
1999: The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President
2019: The World Health Organization was informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan, China. It was COVID-19
In the News: Alexander Prison inmate dies…Department of Transportation updates road closures in Alexander County….Taylorsville man jailed on felony weapons offense….Taylorsville Police charge man with felony larceny by employee
Weather: Clouds to close 2020. Showers develop, start of New Year looks soggy
Sports: Wake gets walloped in Mayo Bowl…Bama favored by 20, Clemson favored by 7.5 in College Football Playoff games Friday…Who will play running back for Panthers on Sunday…Heels go cold in Atlanta, NC state gets win in College Hoops
Happy Birthday: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Burton Cummings, Tim Matheson, Bebe Neuwirth, Val Kilmer, Nicholas Sparks, Donald Trump Jr
Mary Ann has left “The Island” https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/dawn-wells-dead-gilligans-island-mary-ann-1234876755/
Beware of the Bushy Tails ! https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/12/29/squirrel-attacks-rego-park-queens/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/12/29/squirrel-attacks-rego-park-queens/
Unless something drastic changes, I’ll sleep through the start of 2021
Quote of the Day: “The combination of hatred and technology is the greatest danger threatening mankind”…Simon Wiesenthal (Born this day in 1908)