Tuesday, February 15th. Day 46 of 2022
It’s World Hippo Day
Happy Gumdrop Day !
1898: The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. More than 260 crew members were killed. The incident pushes the United States into the Spanish-American War
1903: Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America
1933: President-elect Franklin Roosevelt escaped an assassination attempt in Miami. Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in the attack
1946: ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania
1965: Canada displayed its new red and white maple leaf flag
1989: After nine years of intervention, the Soviet Union announced that the remainder of its troops had left Afghanistan
1992: Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is sentenced in Milwaukee to life in prison for the murder and dismemberment of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991
In the News: Alexander County COVID numbers take uptick in Monday update…Two Alexander County men wounded in accidental shooting…Taylorsville man charged Monday…Lenoir Police searching for suspects…Charlotte man charged in Catawba County
Weather: Sunshine, high in low to mid 50’s
Sports: Northwestern Conference Basketball Tournament begins tonight, ACHS Women and Men get Round I byes…Spring Sports pre-season practice begins today in North Carolina High Schools…Hokies down the the ‘Hoos…
Happy Birthday: Claire Bloom, Jane Seymour, Matt Groening, Darrell Green, Jaromír Jágr, Amber Riley
Wow, a story about illegal drugs streaming across our southern border. I thought that reporting was forbidden https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/as-lethal-fentanyl-flows-across-mexico-border-cbp-tries-powerful-scanning-technology/ar-AATNFnt?ocid=uxbndlbing
An uninvited guest https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/02/10/pig-wanders-into-social-club-County-Durham-England/2721644517543/
I’m starting to get into the Winter Olympics. It took longer than normal but it’s happening
Quote of the Day: “In the land of the skunks, he who has half a nose is king”…Chris Farley (Born this day in 1964)