Wednesday, February 15th. Day 46 of 2023
Happy Gumdrop Day
It’s Hippo Day. I’m sure their moms think they’re cute
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: Brush fire overnight in Northern Alexander County…Wilkes County man charged with arson…County Tax Reappraisal almost complete…County Schools approve calendar for next year…Union Grove man jailed in Alexander County…Hickory teen charged with weapons offenses
Weather: Clouds and 65
Sports: Lady Cougars win Tournament opener over Freedom Tue evening… Pack go down in New York…Duke holds off Irish…Canes win in DC…Panthers hire more assistant coaches…Derrek Carr is available, would the Panthers have interest ?
Happy Birthday: Claire Bloom, Jane Seymour, Matt Groening, Darrell Green, Jaromír Jágr, Amber Riley
More drama in the air. Joe awakened but bewildered https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/us-diverts-four-russian-warplanes-flying-near-alaska/
Wow, 5 children born to Polish mother https://apnews.com/article/poland-krakow-health-premature-births-664606019d6c8de2471eeaa25c8f0093
Word of the Day: Polder [ pohl-der ]
A tract of low land, especially in the Netherlands, reclaimed from the sea or other body of water and protected by dikes
Did you get a kiss on Valentine’s Day ?
Quote of the Day: “Friendship is like money, easier made than kept”…Samuel Butler