Tuesday, February 13th. Day 44 of 2023
Happy Radio Day !
1741: “The American Magazine,” the first magazine in the U.S., was published in Philadelphia
1920: The National Negro Baseball League was organized
1935: In New Jersey, a jury found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed for the crimes
1954: Frank Selvy of Furman becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game
2000: Charles M. Schulz’s last original Sunday “Peanuts” comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before
2017: Kim Jong-nam, brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, is assassinated at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
2021: Former President Donald Trump is acquitted in his second impeachment trial
In the News: Head-on collision claims one in Burke County…Alexander EMS now administering whole blood…Alexander County Board of Education meets this evening…Taylorsville woman charged with assaulting officer…Statesville Police nab three after traffic stop…Boone Police searching for a bidet theif
Weather: Sunshine returns but windy. Gusts perhaps near 30
Sports: Cougar Basketball at Hibriten this evening… Three AC Wrestlers will compete in state finals…Cougar Cheer Teams places in National Event…Duke beats Wake…Heels head to the Dome tonight…Hornets win second straight…Super Bowl TV Ratings were mega-large
Happy Birthday: Stockard Channing, Jerry Springer, Mike Krzyzewski, Peter Gabriel, Denise Austin, Randy Moss
Interesting read on how “Jake from State Farm” got his gig https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/actor-kevin-miles-became-jake-212005436.html
Quote of the Day: “Men are what their mothers made them”… Ralph Waldo Emerson