Thursday, January 12
It’s Pharmacist Day ! They’re great, mine sure is. Salute to Anna Ferguson at Office Practice of Pharmacy in Taylorsville, she rocks !
It’s Kiss a Redhead Day or as it’s sometimes referred to as Kiss a Ginger Day. Love Redheads, they run in my family
1896: At Davidson College, several students took x-ray photographs. They created the first X-ray photographs to be made in America
1915: Congress established the Rocky Mountain National Park
1948: The Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race
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1969: The New York Jets stunned the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III
1971: “All In the Family” debuted on CBS. It broke long standing barriers in American society
1991: Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Bush to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait
2000: Charlotte Hornets guard Bobby Phills was killed in a crash
In the News: Alexander County records another COVID-19 associated death…Pedestrian struck and killed in Wilkes County…Woman’s body found near Catawba County roadway…Lenoir man charged with felony child abuse…Statesville man charged with taking indecent liberties with a child…Boone Police charge man with a hatchet assault
Weather: Rain develops today, maybe a Boomer
Sports: Cougar Basketball at South Caldwell tonight…Duke and Wake Forest get wins Wednesday night…Tar Heels have some injury issues…Some of the NFL Playoff betting line are moving
Happy Birthday: Drew Pearson, Howard Stern, Oliver Platt, Dominique Wilkins, Jeff Bezos, Melanie Jayne Chisholm
The oldest living survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack turns 105 ! https://apnews.com/article/politics-new-orleans-amtrak-veterans-70e468c2cf2cab1d82f1d48b855b9eb1
He was sometimes called the “Guitar Player’s Guitar Player” https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/guitar-legend-jeff-beck-dies-suddenly-at-age-78-233709137.html
Georgia has scored yet another touchdown. I think they’re finally done
Quote of the Day: “If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation”…Rush Limbaugh (Born this day in 1951)