Tuesday, January 20th
It’s Cheese Lovers Day
1841: The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997
1887: The Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base
1892: The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School
1942: Nazi officials held the Wannsee Conference accepting the “Final Solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews. The film “Conspiracy” is a brilliant, fact based, film about the gathering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference
1981: Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The release occurred minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan
1994: Shannon Faulkner became the first woman to attend classes at The Citadel. Faulkner dropped out
1998: The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2017: Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States. History to repeat it’s self
News: Three Taylorsville residents arrested in major drug bust scheduled to appear in court today…Unemployment numbers released by State…Will we get some more details today about Iredell Teen’s disappearance last week?…Strep cases on uptick locally
Weather: Sunny with an afternoon high 42-45
Sports: Cougars Hoops at Freedom tonight…AC Wrestling hosts Freedom this evening…Indiana wins National Championship to seal a program turnaround like none other in history…Bills blame it on the coach…Canes win King Day Matinee
Happy Birthday: Buzz Aldrin, Paul Stanley, Lorenzo Lamas, Bill Maher, Edwin McCain, Kellyanne Conway, Nikki Haley, Rae Carruth
Grant Hodges
Word of the Day: shallop [shal-uhp] A small open boat propelled by oars or sails and used chiefly in shallow waters. “Captain John Smith used shallops to explore the Chesapeake Bay in the summer of 1608.”
Quote of the Day: Quote of the Day: “If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?” …Steven Wright