Tuesday, March 14th. Day 73 of 2023
It’s Potato Chip Day !
1743: The first American town meeting was held at Boston’s Faneuil Hall
1794: Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin
1900: U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of the Gold Standard Act
1942: Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead
1964: A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald
1983: OPEC agreed to cut its oil prices by 15% for the first time in its 23-year history
2006: Mike Wallace retires from the CBS news program “60 Minutes” after 37 years
In the News: Congressman McHenry holds office hours in Taylorsville today…Taylorsville to change some garbage pickup routes…A fatal stabbing in Hickory parking lot…Taylorsville woman facing felony charges…Woman shot in Statesville…Lenoir Bank robbed Monday morning
Weather: Sunny, Windy and Cold Today ! High 45 with 25 mph winds
Sports: AC Men’s Golf place 2nd in league opener…NCAA Play-in games (they don’t want me to call it that) today…Panthers make a bevy of roster moves on Monday…Darnold signs with 49ers…Jimmy G to the Raiders…Canes lose their best player with knee injury
Happy Birthday: Frank Borman, Michael Caine, Quincy Jones, Wolfgang Petersen, Michael Martin Murphey, Billy Crystal, Larry Johnson, Stephen Curry, Simone Biles
His “Flop” changed everything https://apnews.com/article/fosbury-flop-death-high-jump-eb1dee13fb2fec4072b9955545466d86
Word of the Day: cay [ key, kee ] also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef. Cays occur in tropical environments throughout the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans, including in the Caribbean Example: Elbow Cay in the Bahamas
Quote of the Day: “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former”…Albert Einstein (Born this day in 1879)