Tuesday, January 28
It’s Kazoo Day and Blueberry Pancake Day
Happy Lego Day ! Kids love them. Have you ever stepped on one ?
1807: London’s Pall Mall became the first street lit by gaslight
1902: The Carnegie Institution was established in Washington, DC. It began with a gift of $10 million from Andrew Carnegie
1915: The Coast Guard was created by an act of Congress
1922: The National Football League franchise in Decatur, IL, transferred to Chicago. The team took the name Chicago Bears
1935: Iceland became the first country to introduce legalized abortion
1977: A blizzard dumps 10 feet of snow in one day in Upstate New York
1986: The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff. All seven of its crewmembers were killed
1999: Ford Motor Company announced the purchase of Sweden’s Volvo AB for $6.45 billion
In the News: Mysterious “BOOM” heard overnight in Alexander County…Fire evacuates apartment complex in Hickory…Body found last week in Catawba County is identified…Taylorsville woman facing felony drug trafficking charges…Troutman Police charge man with statutory rape…California teen charged in connection to threat last week to McDowell High School
Weather: Sunshine and 55 ! We hit 60 on Wednesday
Sports: Alexander Central women add game against Hickory on Thursday…Duke erases 13 pt deficit to beat NC State…UNC and Wake in action tonight…Lakers beat Hornets…Tar Heels taking out the rug, will return to grass field…Mooresville DE getting lots of offers…Cowboys intro new coach
Happy Birthday: Alan Alda, Gregg Popovich, Barbi Benton, Nick Price, Sarah McLachlan, Amy Coney Barrett, Joey Fatone, Nick Carter, Elijah Wood
Egg prices continue to soar https://apnews.com/article/egg-prices-bird-flu-poultry-inflation-9ea9934e20e3fe393abb1bb85aa31c30
Word of the Day: well-nigh [ wel-nahy ] Very nearly, almost. From old English. “It was well-nigh dark but I managed to find the door”
Quote of the Day: “I knew when my career was over. In 1965 my baseball card came out with no picture”… Bob Uecker