Tuesday, January 6th.
It’s Snuggle-Up Day
Happy Shortbread Day !
1838: Samuel Morse publicly demonstrated the telegraph for the first time
1912: New Mexico became the 47th U.S. state
1945: The Battle of the Bulge ended with 130,000 German and 77,000 Allied casualties
1952: “Peanuts” debuted in Sunday papers across the United States
1976: Ted Turner buys the Atlanta Braves for $12 million
1994: Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg by an assailant in Detroit. Four men were later sentenced to prison for the attack, including Tonya Harding’s ex-husband
1999: The 106th U.S. Congress opened. The first item on the agenda was the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton
2021: Rioters supporting President Trump attack the United States Capitol to disrupt certification of the 2020 presidential election, resulting in five deaths and evacuation of the US Capital. It cannot be defended as anything other than what it was, criminal !
In the News: If you didn’t get your 2025 Alexander County and Taylorsville Tax bill by yesterday, you’re late…Catawba man jailed in Alexander County…Statesville man charged with shooting juvenile…Hickory man arrested for felony meth possession in
Alexander County…Stony Point woman served warrants from Wilkes County…Taylorsville man fails to appear in court and is arrested on order from judge
Weather: Dense Fog Early turning to partly sunny and 62 this afternoon !
Sports: Cougar Basketball hosting Happy Plains Night…Hornets stun OKC…Duke and NC State both in action tonight…NFL coaches have rough day…Vegas sets lines for Wild Card Weekend
Happy Birthday: Lou Holtz, James Goodnight, Nancy Lopez, Paul Azinger, Howie Long, Julie Chen, Kate McKinnon, AJ Hawk, Eric Trump
Some people we lost in 2025 https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/celebrities/in-memoriam-celebrity-deaths-2025/
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Quote of the Day: “Genius is the talent of a dead man.”…Carl Sandburg (Born this day in 1878)
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