Wednesday, February 12. Day 43 of 2025
It’s Hug Day and Lincoln’s Birthday
1554 – Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after being charged with treason. She had claimed the throne of England for only nine days
1878: Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask. Can you imagine what Yogi Berra would have looked like without it ?
1909: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms
1915: The cornerstone of the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, DC
1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis
1999: President Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on two impeachment articles. The charges were perjury and obstruction of justice
2004: Mattel announced that “Barbie” and “Ken” were breaking up. The dolls had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961
2004: The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom.
In the News: Taylorsville man released from prison in August arrested again…Alexander County man detained by Probation and Parole Officers…Maiden man just out of prison arrested in Alexander County…Conover man get 17 years for drug trafficking…Iredell Deputies charge Alabama man for attempted carjacking and assaulting an officer
Weather: More Rain with steady temps. Sunshine returns Thursday afternoon
Sports: Cougar Hoops take the Broom to Hibriten…Nominate someone for the Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame…Duke, Wake Forest and NC State on the hardwood tonight…Four Nations Hockey Tournament begins tonight…Cam Newton alienating more people by the hour
Michael McDonald
The FBI says they’ve ‘found” more than 2,000 new JFK files https://apnews.com/article/jfk-fbi-trump-newly-discovered-files-0bd8ad5569f5fa3ed92b8ee9b795c9e7
Balloon shot down in 2023 was what we thought it was https://www.foxnews.com/us/chinese-spy-balloon-equipped-tech-from-least-5-us-firms-report
Word of the Day: antipathy [ an-tip-uh-thee ] A strong feeling of dislike. Something disliked : an object of aversion, opposition in feeling, rancor. “Ohio State and Michigan fans never fail to display antipathy for one another.”
Quote of the Day: “When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion”… Abraham Lincoln (Born this day in 1809)