Friday, February 16th. Day 47 of2024
It’s Almond Day. Sometimes you feel like a nut…
1858: The first ironing board was patented by William Vandenburg and James Harvey
1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
1937: Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon
1959: Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba. It’s not like the Cubans had a choice
1968: In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service
2005: The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs due to a labor dispute
2006: The last Mobile army surgical hospital (M*A*S*H) is decommissioned by the United States Army
In the News: 190 Alexander County Voters cast ballot on Thursday…Fatal crash in Caldwell County…Taylorsville woman arrested on assault with deadly weapon charge…Morganton man charged in Alexander County…Hickory man gets Federal Prison time for trafficking drugs…Suspected meth dealer arrested in Lenoir
Weather: More clouds than Sun, high around 58
Sports: Cougar Hoops host Freedom tonight in regular season finale…Clark does it…App keeps rolling…Tiger plays but not well…A weekend without Football ?…Grid set for Daytona 500
Happy Birthday: LeVar Burton, Ice-T, John McEnroe, Kelly Tripucka, Michael Avenatti, Jerome Bettis, Stacy Lewis, Elizabeth Olsen
I’m being followed by a Moose https://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2024/02/15/moose-chases-skier-moos-cprog-orig-bdk.cnn
Is there anything that makes you like feel more of idiot that locking the keys in the car ? Did it again last night. Brother-in-law Wendell came through like a Champ !
Word of the Day: M*A*S*H [mash] Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Medical Units created late in WWII and the Korean War. A motion picture released in 1970. A hit television series on CBS that aired from 1972-1983
Quote of the Day: “When bright young minds can’t afford college, America pays the price.”…Arthur Ashe