Thursday, February 15th. Day 46 of 2024
Happy Gum Drop Day !
1898: The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. More than 260 crew members were killed. The incident pushes the United States into the Spanish-American War
1903: Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America
1933: President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack
1946: ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania
1965: Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag
1989: After nine years of intervention, the Soviet Union announced that the remainder of its troops had left Afghanistan
1992: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison for the murder and dismemberment of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991
In the News: One person airlifted from overnight crash north of Taylorsville…Early Voting begins today…Taylorsville’s RG Absher selected for Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame…Taylorsville woman charged with larceny by employee…Hickory man jailed for assault on pregnant woman…
Weather: Sunny and 65 ! It gets a little Breezy
Sports: Three ACHS Wrestlers in State Finals today…Spring Sports underway at Alexander Central…Hornets win third straight…Lagano wins Daytona pole, Twin Qualifying Races are today…Wilkes fired as 49er DC
Happy Birthday: Claire Bloom, Jane Seymour, Melissa Manchester, Matt Groening, Darrell Green, Jaromír Jágr, Amber Riley
Good info to know if you get a collection letter from the IRS https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/irs-sending-collection-letters-first-175238522.html
The father of the Pop Tart has died https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/william-bill-post-inventor-of-pop-tarts-dies-at-96/ar-BB1igZ2G
Word of the Day: taradiddle [ tar-uh-did-l ] A small lie, a fib. A canard
Quote of the Day: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them”…Galileo (Born this day in 1564)