Tuesday, February 20th. Day 51 of 2024
It’s No Politics Day. It should be celebrated more often
Happy Muffin Day ! Yum to a warm Muffin
1809: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government was greater than that of any individual state
1872: The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City
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1962: John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth
1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft
1998: American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan
2001: FBI Agent Robert Phillip Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for the Russians for 15 years
In the News: Taylorsville man arrested again on child-sex charges is free on bond…Taylorsville man just out of prison back in jail…Stony Point woman jailed…Claremont woman facing Alexander County charges…Rocky Face Park gets some thump
Weather: More Sunshine, High around 55 again
Sports: Alexander Central Basketball Teams Host conference tournament action this evening…William Byron avoids melee and wins at Daytona Monday night…NC State and Wake both at home tonight and both needs wins…Canes stay hot with win Monday evening
Happy Birthday: Roger Penske, Phil Esposito, Sandy Duncan, Jennifer O’Neill, Patty Hearst, Charles Barkley, Cindy Crawford, Justin Verlander, Rihanna
A big bird will come down this week https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/world/ers-2-european-space-agency-satellite-reentry-scn/index.html
Legal wrangling over lyrics to Eagles classic “Hotel California” https://www.yahoo.com/news/welcome-hotel-california-case-trial-050933407.html
Word of the Day: sesquipedalian [ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn] A word containing many syllables. First recorded in 1650–60.
Comes from the Latin word sesquipedālis, meaning “measuring a foot and a half
Quote of the Day: “People say I look so happy – and I say, ‘That’s the Botox.” … Dolly Parton