Thursday, February 1. Day 32 of 2024
It’s Optimist Day. Be one if you dare
Happy Change Your Password Day ! I’m running out of options
1862: “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the “Atlantic Monthly”
1898: The Travelers Insurance Company issued the first automobile insurance policy in America
1913: Grand Central Station opened in New York City
1919: The first Miss America was crowned
1960: Four black college students began a sit-in protest at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. They had been refused service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_sit-ins
1964: The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
2003: Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard
Janet Jackson’s infamous wardrobe malfunction
In the News: Taylorsville homeless count scheduled for Friday…Alexander County man arrested on felony drug charge overnight…Taylorsville woman jailed for missing court appearance…Hickory man facing long list of charges…Iredell Deputies bust a scammer…Wilkes County man detained after breaking into Waste Water Treatment Plant
Weather: Sunny and 58 !
Sports: Spring Sports registration underway for Alexander County Parks and Recreation…Wake beaten by Pitt…Caitlin Clark climbing the scoring list…Hornets lose…Panthers continue front office shuffle…Seattle hire new coach…
Happy Birthday: Garrett Morris, Sherilyn Fenn, Phil Ivey, Lauren Conrad, Ronda Rousey, Harry Styles
Amelia Earhart’s plane found ? https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/travel/amelia-earhart-missing-plane-pacific-ocean-scn/index.html
70’s Show star gets the “Manson Suite” in prison https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/danny-masterson-moved-maximum-security-144255978.html
Word of the Day: tussie-mussie [ tuhs-ee-muhs-ee ] May also be spelled tuzzy-muzzy. A small plot of flowers or herbs. A nosegay, posy, or tussie-mussie is a small flower bouquet, typically given as a gift. From late Middle English.
Quote of the Day: “It’s such a bore being always poor”… Langston Hughes (Born this day in 1902)