Tuesday, February 18th. Day 49 of 2025
It’s Drink Wine Day ! A little nosh never hurt anybody
1861: Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. The United States refused to recognize the office because after all, the South was NOT a nation
1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published
1930: Pluto was discovered. Poor Pluto, it’s been declared a dwarf
1954: The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles
1970: The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
Fists Flying At Daytona
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2001: NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash during final lap of the Daytona 500
2001: FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and accused of spying for Russia for more than 15 years. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole
In the News: Taylorsville man identified as bond found in Lenoir…Stony Point man charged with violating sex-offender statue…Hiddenite woman held without bond…Granite Falls man charged with indecent liberties…Father and Son from Catawba County jailed
Weather: Some Clouds mixed with Sun. High in upper 40’s. Maybe not as much Snow as we previously thought on Tuesday
Sports: Cougar Women and Men advance to Round II of Conference Tournament…Duke humbles the Wahoos…Playing with a mulligan, US loses to Sweden…Panthers locked-in on Draft Board
Molly Ringwald from “Breakfast Club”
NC Lawmakers considering lowering NC drunk driving limit https://myfox8.com/news/politics/nc/proposed-bill-would-lower-drunk-driving-limit-to-05-in-north-carolina/
Tom Cuise and Jeff Gordon to do a “Days of Thunder II” ? https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nascar-hall-famer-jeff-gordon-184405828.html
Word of the Day: languish [ lang-gwish ] To beome weak or feeble. To droop or fade. To lose vigor or vitality. “The bill was introduced in 2023 but has since languished in committee”
Quote of the Day: “If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it”… Toni Morrison (Born this Day in 1931)