Tuesday, February 28th. Day 59 of 2023
It’s Tooth Fairy Day ! How much is a tooth worth today ?
1854: The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, Wisconsin
1885: AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) was incorporated
1940: The first televised basketball game is shown. The game featured Fordham University and the University of Pittsburgh from Madison Square Garden in New York
1953: In a Cambridge University laboratory, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA
1993: Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, Texas. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff followed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege
2001: The Northwest region of the U.S., including the state of Washington, was hit by an earthquake that measured 6.9 on the Richter Scale
2013: Benedict XVI resigned as pope. He was the first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415 and the first to resign voluntarily since Celestine V in 1294
In the News: Assault reported at Hickory hospital…Taylorsville man jailed Monday…Conover man charged with drug trafficking…Armed Robbery reported in Catawba County
Weather: Sunny and Super ! High near 75
Sports: Cougar Baseball opens season today…Sweet 16 Round of State Basketball Playoffs tonight…Tar Heels keep hopes alive with win at Florida State…Hornets win but lose LeMelo again…Lebron is out with foot injury…Deadline Day to register the kids for Spring Sports with the Alexander County Parks and Recreation Department
Happy Birthday: Bernadette Peters, Ricky Steamboat, John Turturro, Cindy Wilson, Robert Sean Leonard, Pat Monahan, Eric Lindros, Luka Dončić
Will the Supreme Court allow Joe to forgive Student Debt ? https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-supreme-court-hearing-2128da75fc27ff3bcc0c3804ebd98aa7?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_01
What are the odds of getting away with murder ? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11798717/Just-half-Americas-murders-solved-homicide-clearance-rates-lowest-four-decades.html
Word of the Day: Vigesimal [ vahy-jes-uh-muhl Of, relating to, or based on twenty. Vigesimal comes from Latin
Quote of the Day: “If you make every game a life and death proposition, you’re going to have problems. For one thing, you’ll be dead a lot”…Dean Smith (Born this day in 1931)