Thursday, December 22nd. Day 356 of 2022
Happy Mathematics Day !
1864: Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln . The message read, “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.”
1894: The United States Golf Association was formed in New York City
1895: German physicist Wilhelm Rontgen made the first X-ray
1941: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington for a wartime conference with President Franklin Roosevelt
1961: James Davis became the first U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam
1990: Lech Walesa was sworn in as Poland’s first popularly elected president
2001: Richard Reid attempts to destroy a passenger airliner with explosives hidden in his shoes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Reid
In the News: Stony Point man pleads guilty to a pair of murders…Statesville man charged with murder…Taylorsville woman busted on drug charges…Taylorsville man back in jail…Man charged with assault by strangulation in Alexander County
Weather: Rain today, brutal cold coming
Sports: Cougar Basketball rolls to 4 wins Wednesday night…Heels hold off Michigan…Hornets lose…Hickory player signs with Maryland…Burns named to Pro Bowl…S Caldwell alum Landon Dickerson makes Pro Bowl…Jacksonville at the NY Jets tonight
Happy Birthday: Steve Carlton, Diane Sawyer, Steve Garvey, Ray Guy, Ralph Fiennes, Ted Cruz, Jordin Sparks
Looks like a lot of young adults are lacking in knowledge of economics https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/21/1-in-5-young-adults-have-debt-in-collections-report-finds.html
Another Bear story https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/12/21/Bear-steals-box-of-bagels-from-North-Carolina-womans-porch/6001671658014/
With the brutal cold coming, there’s a group snuggle at my house at a time to be announced
Quote of the Day: “The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person – her husband…Lady Bird Johnson (Born this day in 1912)