Tuesday, March 12. Day 72 of 2024
Happy Girl Scout Day ! Founded on this day in 1912
It’s Baked Scallops Day. I like them
Today in Fanny Pack Day. If you ever see me wearing one, punch me hard
1918: Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held the status for most of the period since 1713
Gandhi
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1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation on the Radio in the first of his “Fireside Chats”
1993: North Korea announces that it will withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites
1987: Les Miserables opens on Broadway
2009: Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street’s history
2020: President Trump suspends all travel from Europe due to the COVID-19 Crisis
In the News: Water issue repaired, Alexander Central and Student Success Center on regular schedule…Primary audit set for today…Taylorsville Police arrest South Carolina man…Morganton man jailed by Alexander County Sheriff’s Office…Taylorsville man arrested twice in less than 72 hours…Wilkes County woman sent to prison…Hudson drug house raided
Weather: Sunshine and 68 today !
Sports: Cougar Softball and Men’s Tennis get wins on Monday…tar Heels have player and coach of the year…ACC Tournament begins today in of all places, Washington DC…Panther roster changes in large way on Monday, Burns and Luvu are gone. a pair of O linemen are signed…Former South Caldwell standout becomes highest paid guard in NFL history…
Happy Birthday: Andrew Young, Barbara Feldon, Liza Minnelli, Mitt Romney, James Taylor, Jon Provost, Dale Murphy, Jake Tapper
America being invaded by “Time Bomb Weed” https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/us-being-invaded-by-time-bomb-weed/ar-BB1jHTC7
Eric Carmen had a great voice https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/eric-carmen-raspberries-frontman-myself-021649687.html
Word of the Day: Nagasaki [ nah-guh-sah-kee ] Seaport city in Southwest Japan. The United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945
Quote of the Day: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand”… Confucius