* * * * T U E S D A Y * * * * D E C E M B E R 18th * * * * D A Y 352 of 2018 * * * *
1865: Slavery is abolished in the United States with the passage of the Thirteenth Amedment to the Constitution
1903: The Panama Canal Zone was acquired ‘in perpetuity’ by the U.S. for an annual rent
The world’s first communications satellite is launched by the United States in 1958
1998: The House of Representatives began the debate on the four articles of impeachment concerning President Bill Clinton
2009: After it’s release in Europe the week before, the motion picture “Avatar” was released in the United States. By late January it was the largest grossing picture in history
In the News: Two students remain in hospital and woman is charged after colliding with School Bus in Alexander County…Man will serve life in prison in for 2016 murder in Iredell County…Newton man get 5 to 7 years for shooting….Juvenile missing…Woman charged for two armed robberies in Catawba County…Bethlehem Community Plan Advisory Committee holds Public Meeting this evening
Weather: More Sunshine but not quite as warm
Sports: Cougar Wrestling in action tonight…Panthers shut down by Saints, losing streak now at 7…App introduces new coach…Wake nips Davidson…Gardner Webb beats Georgia Tech…Astros sign free agent outfielder
Happy Birthday: Keith Richards, Steven Spielberg, Leonard Maltin, Ray Liotta, Brad Pitt, Katie Holmes, Christina Aguilera
Brad Pitt
Katie Holmes
Terrifying experience responding to the bus accident on Monday. I must say it was very scary when I first saw the accident scene. It’s not a pleasant thing to see a bus on it’s side and around twenty blue lights flashing. It was bad enough but in truth, it could have turned out worse
Painful to watch the Panthers. It was so much fun earlier in the season but it’s turned into a train wreck. Coach Ron Rivera will lose his job and that’s a shame because he a good egg
Here’s something interesting. North Carolina has been shaken 14 times in 2018. We’ve had 14 earthquakes register on the Richter Scale…I missed them all
Steven Spielberg