Wednesday, January 14th
It’s Dress Up Your Pet Day. Please ignore it because they don’t like it and other pets make fun of them
Happy International Kite Day !
1784: The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War
1882: The Myopia Hunt Club, in Winchester, Mass, became the first country club in the United States
1907: An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people
1952: NBC’s “Today” show premiered
1954: The Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator. The new company was called the American Motors Corporation
1954: Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe married at City Hall in San Francisco
1973: The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII and became the first NFL team to go undefeated in a season. https://www.profootballhof.com/football-history/the-perfect-season-1972-miami-dolphins/
2013: After a decade of denials, Lance Armstrong admits he used P.E.D.’s in his cycling career. He made the admission during a poorly conducted interview by Oprah Winfrey
News: Alexander County turns 179 years-old on Thursday…Iredell-Statesville School Board meeting halted after heated exchange between board members…Taylorsville man jailed without bond overnight…Taylorsville Police arrest suspect for second time in less than a week…Traffic stop leads to major charges in Catawba County
Weather: More clouds than sun today, high around 80. An Arctic Blast begins tonight
Sports: Cougar Men get dramatic win on VanBeurden bomb at the buzzer…Lady Cougars cold shooting spells doom at McDowell…Duke and UNC play in California this evening…Panthers exercise option on QB Bryce Young…Mike Tomlins resigns as Steelers coach
Happy Birthday: Clarence Carter, Faye Dunaway, Holland Taylor, Nina Totenberg, T Bone Burnett, Maureen Dowd, Steven Soderbergh, Shepard Smith, LL Cool J, Dave Grohl
He created “Dilbert” https://variety.com/2026/artisans/people-news/scott-adams-dead-dilbert-creator-1236630162/
We helped pay for it (along with a bunch of lobbyists) https://nypost.com/2026/01/13/real-estate/kamala-harris-buys-8m-mansion-in-malibus-celeb-packed-pt-dume/
Word of the Day: viceroy [vahys-roi] A person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign. A brightly marked American butterfly, Limenitis archippus, closely mimicking the monarch butterfly in coloration. “The British Viceroy was dreaded by the colonists.”
Quote of the Day: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.”…Andy Rooney (Born this day in 1919)