Wednesday, January 31
It’s Hot Chocolate Day and Eat Brussel Sprouts Day too
1865: The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the House of Representatives. The amendment abolished slavery in the United States
1893: The trademark “Coca-Cola” was first registered in the United States Patent Office
1915: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia
1930: The 3M company marketed Scotch Tape
1940: The first Social Security check was issued by the U.S. Government
1950: President Truman announced that he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb
1971: Telephone service between East and West Berlin was re-established after 19 years
1995: President Clinton invoked presidential emergency authority to provide a $20 billion loan to Mexico to stabilize its economy. It seems likely that Drug Lords that control the country got their chunk
2018: Both a Blue Moon and a total lunar eclipse occur
In the News: Drug overdoses continue to rise in Alexander County…Fatal wrong-way crash in Iredell county…Alex County Schools get grant money for safer campuses…Taylorsville woman jailed for 10 days…Taylorsville woman arrested for probation violation…Lincoln County woman found dead in Virginia…Former Statesville Police Officer charged with statutory rape
Weather: Clouds with a high around 50 again
Sports: Cougar Wrestling at West Wilkes tonight…Tar Heels tripped-up in Atlanta…Pack get much needed win…More legal tug-of-war between ACC and Florida State…Panther hire OC and OL coach…New LR coach introduced on Tuesday…Baltimore Orioles have been sold…maybe
Nolan Ryan
A really interesting piece on new Panther coach Dave Canales https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article284784276.html
Woman survives after being compacted in garbage truck https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/woman-survives-after-being-compacted-among-trash-and-getting-dumped-in-garbage-truck/5090673/
Word of the Day: Labrador [ lab-ruh-dawr ] A peninsula in northeastern North America surrounded by Hudson Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, containing the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec. The portion of Newfoundland in the eastern part of the Canadian peninsula. About 120,000 sq. mi. A breed of retrievers having a short, thick, oily, solid black or yellow coat, raised originally in Newfoundland
Quote of the Day: “It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame… Let’s play two!”… Hall of Famer Ernie Banks (Born this day in 1932)