Tuesday, February 10th. Day 41 of 2026
I’s Umbrella Day
1897: “The New York Times” began printing “All the news that’s fit to print” on their front page. It’s fitting to say that the slogan does not say anything about truth and accuracy
1942: Glenn Miller and his Orchestra awarded the 1st ever gold record for selling 1 million copies of “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
1962: The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for the Soviet spy Rudolph Ivanovich Abel
1971: One of the most heralded albums of all-time, Carole King’s “Tapestry” is released
1981: The Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino caught fire. Eight people were killed and 198 were injured
1991: Charlotte hosted the NBA All-Star Game
1992: Mike Tyson was convicted in Indianapolis of raping Desiree Washington, Miss Black American contestant
2005: North Korea publicly announced for the first time that it had nuclear arms. The Hermit Kingdom also rejected attempts to restart disarmament talks saying that it needed the weapons as protection against an increasingly hostile United States
News: Big changes coming to Ellendale Elementary School…Taylorsville man nabbed overnight…Alexander County Man arrested for felony probation violation…Catawba County man jailed in Alexander County…Man indicted by Catawba County Grand Jury for death by distribution
Weather: Sunny and 68 today ! WOW !!!
Sports: Cougar women win at Watauga, men get face-planted. They’re home this evening against Freedom…Wolfpack go flat at Louisville…Hornets winning streak ends against Detroit…US women’s Hockey slay the Swiss, they play Canada today…US men open play Thursday…
Here’s today’s Winter Olympics TV schedule https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/winter-olympics-tv-schedule-today-how-to-watch-every-event-on-tuesday/ar-AA1W2R2U
Happy Birthday: Leontyne Price, Robert Wagner, Mark Spitz, Greg Norman, John Calipari, George Stephanopoulos, Laura Dern, Elizabeth Banks, Emma Roberts, Lexi Thompson
Word of the Day: malady [mal-uh-dee] Any disorder or disease of the body, especially one that is chronic or deepseated. A undesirable or disordered condition. “The huckster claimed his tonic would cure almost any malady.”
Quote of the Day: “I’d like to grow very old as slowly as possible.”… Charles Lamb (Born this day in 1775)