Wednesday, December 17th. Day 351 of 2025. Just 8 Shopping Days till Christmas
It’s Maple Syrup Day.
1903: The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight
1953: The Federal Communications Commission approved specifications for Color TV
1969: The Air Force closed its Project “Blue Book” by concluding that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings. Earlier this week the new Defense Department budget includes a new agency to investigate sighting of UFO’s !
1976: WTCG-TV in Atlanta changed its call letters to WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite. The station became the first commercial TV station to cover the entire nation
1989: The Simpsons premieres on Fox
2004: President George W. Bush signed into law the largest overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50 years. The bill aimed to tighten borders and aviation security. It also created a federal counterterrorism center
2014: The United States and Cuba re-establish diplomatic relations for the first time since 1961
News: Secod suspect in major Alexander County drug investigation is now in custody…Sellers filed for School Board District 6…Alexander County celebrates opening of expanded EMS Base…Taylorsville woman arrested overnight and found to have drugs in jail….Taylorsville man being held without bond…Stony Point man detained by Probation and Parole Officers
Weather: Sunshine mixed with clouds. High around 55!
Sports: Alexander Central Basketball sweeps Statesville Tuesday night…Nine Alexander Central Football players named all-conference…Duke and UNC enjoy some cupcakes…Panthers are underdogs in game at home against Tampa Bay on Sunday
Happy Birthday: Chris Matthews, Wes Studi, Paul Rodgers, Michelle Tofoya, Sarah Paulson, Manny Pacquiao, Chase Utley
A penny is worth a lot more than you thought https://apnews.com/article/auction-last-american-pennies-sold-millions-95dab2436556b90cea861730c6004194
Word of the Day: leviathan [li-vahy-uh-thuhn] huge marine animal, as the whale, anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship. A political state. Leviathan appears in the Book of Psalms as a sea serpent that is killed by God and then given as food to creatures in the wilderness.
Quote of the Day: “The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right” …William Safire (Born this day in 1929)