Tuesday, January 30
It’s National Croissant Day
Happy Yodel For Your Neighbors Day ! Errr…no
1649: England’s King Charles I was beheaded
1798: The first brawl in the U.S. House of Representatives took place. Congressmen Matthew Lyon and Roger Griswold fought on the House floor
1847: The town of Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco
1933: Adolf Hitler was named the German Chancellor
1948: Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist
Patsy Cline
1969: The Beatles’ give what would be their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police
1975: Ernő Rubik applies for a patent for his “Magic Cube” invention, later to be known as a Rubik’s cube
2020: The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
In the News: Taylorsville Police Chief he anticipates charges soon in last week’s accident-standoff…Alexander County man arrested this morning…Davie County man facing felony charges in Alexander County…Taylorsville man nabbed in felony drug counts…Iredell County man charged with sexual-exploitation of a minor…North Wilkesboro Police charge suspect for breaking into more than a dozen cars and stealing another
Weather: Clouds Increase after a Sunny Monday
Sports: Cougar Soccer Player Eli Kerley signs to play at LRU… Lenoir-Rhyne’s new Football Coach will be introduced today…Panther brass headed to Senior Bowl practices…Duke gets road win…UNC at Ga Tech tonight…NC State host Miami…Knicks beat the Hornets
Happy Birthday: Gene Hackman, Vanessa Redgrave, Dick Cheney, Phil Collins, Curtis Strange, Tom Izzo, Christian Bale
Super Bowl tickets are available but they’ll cost you https://www.yahoo.com/sports/super-bowl-58-ticket-prices-210117717.html
Coach Andy Reid says he met Taylor Swift before Travis Kelce https://nypost.com/2024/01/30/sports/andy-reid-boasts-he-met-taylor-swift-before-travis-kelce-last-thing-trav-wanted-to-hear/
Word of the Day: IMPONDERABILIA [ im-pon-der-uh-bil-ee-uh ] Something that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated. Imponderābilis comes from Latin ponderāre, “to weigh, reflect on,” a derivative of pondus, “weight.”
Quote of the Day: “There are as many opinions as there are experts”… Franklin D. Roosevelt (Born this day in 1882)