Wednesday, February 8th. Dau 39 of 2023
Happy Opera Day. I’ve never been to an Opera but I think that I’d enjoy it
It’s Laugh and Get Rich Day ! The laughing is easier after getting rich, says I
1693: A charter was granted for the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
1896: The Western Conference was formed by representatives of Midwestern universities. The group changed its name to the Big 10 Conference. They’re still called the Big 10 despite having more than 10 schools
1910: The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce
1936: The first National Football League draft was held. Jay Berwanger was the first to be selected. He went to the Philadelphia Eagles. Mel Kiper was right, he should not have gone #1
1963: The Kennedy administration prohibited travel to Cuba and made financial and commercial transactions with Cuba illegal for U.S. citizens
1963: Lamar Hunt, owner of the American Football League franchise in Dallas moved the operation to Kansas City. The new team was named the Chiefs
1971: The Nasdaq stock-market index debuted
1996: Congress passes the Communications Decency Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act
In the News: Pennell named interim County Manager…Broadband expanding in Eastern Alexander County…Taylorsville man charged this morning with theft of vehicle…Stony Point man jailed…Taylorsville man ordered to serve 60 days in jail…Wilkes man charged with attempted murder
Weather: Another nice day, some Sunshine and 68
Sports: Cougar Hoops takes 3 of 4 from Hibriten Tuesday night…Heels are toast…Pack walloped by Wahoos…LeBron passes Kareem…Could Derek Carr end up in Charlotte ?…Super Bowl hype a bit less this year ?
Happy Birthday: John Williams, Ted Koppel, Nick Nolte, Robert Klein, Mary Steenburgen, John Grisham, Alonzo Mourning
The betting will be heavy on Sunday https://www.si.com/betting/2023/02/07/record-americans-plan-bet-super-bowl-lvii-chiefs-eagles
Plane grounded due to laptop fire https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/laptop-battery-fire-forces-united-flight-to-land-hospitalizes-4/ar-AA17dy3z
Jack Daniels sloshed all over I-40 in Greensboro https://www.wral.com/jack-daniel-s-whiskey-spilled-all-over-highway-after-tractor-trailer-crash-on-i-40/20708111/
Word of the Day: Rasorial [ ruh-sawr-ee-uhl …given to scratching the ground for food, as is the habit of chickens and other birds.
Quote of the Day: “War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want”…General William Tecumseh Sherman (Born this day in 1820)