Tuesday February 3rd. Day 34 of 2026
Happy Carrot Cake Day ! It’s Golden Retriever Day
1690: The first paper money in America was issued by the Massachusetts colony
No to the Spork
1913: The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It authorized the power to impose and collect income tax. So much for that one being repealed
1959: Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed in a plane crash along with the pilot near Clear Lake, Iowa. Today is “The day the Music died” as referred in Don Mclean’s classic tune “American Pie”
1961: The Air Force begins Operation Looking Glass. Over the next 30 years, a “Doomsday Plane” is always in the air, with the capability of taking direct control of the United States’ bombers and missiles
1995: Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle
2002: The New England Patriots win their first Super Bowl beating the St Louis Rams 20-17
2023: Coldest wind chill likely ever recorded in the US of minus 108 degrees, taken at Mount Washington Observatory, New Hampshire
News: No School again for Alexander County students…County Offices open on 2 hr delay…Town Hall opens at 10am…Iredell-Statesville School Board chair resigns amidst major hub-bub…Hiddenite woman facing felony drug charge…Taylorsville man busted this morning by Hickory Police
Weather: Some Clouds but we warm to near 45
Sports: Cougar Wrestling scheduled to travel to Greensboro today for State Duals…AC Hoops host McDowell this evening…Tar Heels beat Syracuse…Duke hosts BC tonight…Wolfpack at SMU…Hornets win streak reaches 7… Atlanta Braves still have no TV Deal for upcoming season
Happy Birthday: Fran Tarkenton, Blythe Danner, Bob Griese, Morgan Fairchild, Fred Lynn, Maura Tierney, Vlade Divac, Retief Goosen, Amal Clooney
Winter Olympics 101 https://apnews.com/article/milan-cortina-olympics-how-to-watch-273a072431c6e2b930f770bb608585b0
Football Word of the Day : Audible [aw-duh-buhl] QBs do this when they believe the original play would not work based on the defensive formation, so they change play using code words at the line of scrimmage. “Tom Brady used an audible and it worked for a first-down.”
Quote of the Day: ‘Go west, young man.”… Horace Greeley (Born this day in 1811)