Tuesday, March 11th. Day 70 of 2025
It’s World Plumbing Day
Today is Promposal Day. The day you ask someone to the Prom
1302: According to William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet were married this day
1865: American forces under General William T Sherman occupied Fayeteville, NC. Sherman was smart, he gave it back. I mean really, have you ever been to Fayeteville ?
1927: Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre in New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_Theatre_(New_York_City)
1945: The Empire of Vietnam is established
1993: Janet Reno was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to become the first female attorney general
2002: Two columns of light were pointed skyward from ground zero in New York as a temporary memorial to the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) declares COVID-19 virus a pandemic
In the News: Alexander/Iredell Judge resigns…Taylorsville parole absconder captured…Father and Son busted for dealing heroin in Catawba County…Catawba County man gets minimum 10 years ion prison for attempted statutory rape…Seven people left homeless after fire destroys home Monday morning in Stony Point
Weather: Sunny and 75. That should cheer you up
Sports: AC Softball goes Homer-Happy and Wallops West Wilkes…Cougar Baseball hosts N Davidson today…South Caldwell Soccer player dies…Panthers keep Horn…Darnold to the Seahawks…Cole to miss season with Yankees…ACC Tournament begins today in Charlotte…Curry to take role at Davison…Hornets win…
Happy Birthday: Rupert Murdoch, Sam Donaldson, Bobby McFerrin, Susan Richardson, Lisa Loeb, Terrence Howard, Greg Olsen, Anthony Davis
Duke Energy considering adding another Nuclear Power Plant in North Carolina https://www.wxii12.com/article/duke-energy-considers-building-nuclear-power-plant-in-stokes-county-plant-could-generate-power-to-most-of-nc/64122196
Fish in the Boat! https://apnews.com/article/dolphin-boat-zealand-fishing-northland-bottlenose-421fbe9a3175eea93159238dfcad61b1
Word of the Dy: exhume [ ig-zoom ] To dig (something buried, especially a dead body) out of the earth. To revive or restore after neglect or a period of forgetting; bring to light. From Middle English and Latin meaning “out of earth” “After a court order, the body was exhumed.”
Quote of the Day: “The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax”… Albert Einstein