Thursday,
Happy Margarita Day !
Lift your glass, it’s Margarita Day !
It’s National Chile Day and World Yoga Day too
1819: Spain ceded Florida to the United States
1855: Congress voted to appropriate $200,000 for continuance of the work on the Washington Monument. The next morning the resolution was tabled and it would be 21 years before the Congress would vote on funds again
1924: President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first Radio broadcast from the White House
1959: Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500
1980: The United States Hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union at the Lake Placid Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice
1994: The Justice Department charged Aldrich Ames and his wife with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union. Ames was later convicted to life in prison. Ames’ wife received a 5-year prison term
1997: Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut announced that an adult sheep had been successfully cloned. Dolly was actually born on July 5, 1996. Dolly was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell
2021: US death toll from COVID-19 passes 500,000
In the News: Nearly 900 ballots cast so far in Alexander County Voting…Bethlehem Park to close to begin renovations…Taylorsville man jailed without bond…Taylorsville man sentenced to jail after court appearance…multiple charges filed against Alexander County woman
Weather: Clouds increase with Rain tonight
Sports: Cougar Men dump South Caldwell…AC Women can’t overcome Watauga…Duke mauls Miami…Panthers getting close to decision time on new contract for Brian Burns
Happy Birthday: Julius Erving, Vijay Singh, Rachel Dratch, Thomas Jane, Michael Chang, Drew Barrymore
Most think neither Candidate is fit for job https://news.yahoo.com/most-voters-biden-trump-both-225000542.html
Rare bird is spotted again https://www.yahoo.com/news/spectacular-bird-lost-decades-rediscovered-191610206.html
Word of the Day: sycophant [sik-uh-fuhnt, -fant] A self serving flatterer. Someone who uses flattery of other to promote their agenda. From Greek. Sentence- She saw through the sycophant‘s deceptive flattery and remained wary of his ulterior motives.
Quote of the Day: “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails”…William Arthur Ward