Wednesday, February 22nd. Day 53 of 2023
Jimmy Buffett says it’s Margarita Day !
Happy World Yoga Day and Cook a Sweet Potato Day
1819: Spain ceded Florida to the United States
1855: Congress voted to appropriate $200,000 for continuance of the work on the Washington Monument. The next morning the resolution was tabled and it would be 21 years before the Congress would vote on funds again
1924: President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first Radio broadcast from the White House
1959: Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500
1980: The United States Hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union at the Lake Placid Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice
1994: The Justice Department charged Aldrich Ames and his wife with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union. Ames was later convicted to life in prison. Ames’ wife received a 5-year prison term
1997: Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut announced that an adult sheep had been successfully cloned. Dolly was actually born on July 5, 1996. Dolly was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell
In the News: Building destroyed by fire in Alexander County…Bowman takes oath as Assistant Register of Deeds…Man charged after allegedly firing shots into multiple Wilkesboro Hotel rooms…Taylorsville man charged with failing to report accident…Taylorsville Police charge man with larceny…Lincoln County Deputy survives being hit by vehicle, twice !
Weather: Sunny Windy and Warm
Sports: Cougar Women advance to Round II of State Playoffs, Men get thumped…All Women’s teams for NWC win in Round I…Wake at NC State tonight, wobbly Tar Heels at Notre Dame…Panther Coach says he’s the play caller for now…Canes win again…Cougar Baseball has scrimmage today at Hickory
Happy Birthday: Julius Erving, Vijay Singh, Rachel Dratch, Thomas Jane, Michael Chang, Drew Barrymore
WalMart says prices will continue to climb https://dnyuz.com/2023/02/21/walmart-warns-that-shoppers-are-feeling-the-squeeze-of-higher-prices/
Tragedy in Florida, Gator attack kills 85-year old woman https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-85-killed-alligator-attack-180705397.html
Word of the Day: Dirigible dir-ə-jə-bəl
Airship, Aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft, capable of being steered
Quote of the Day: “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails”…William Arthur Ward