Wednesday, February 4th. Day 35 of 2026
It’s National Sweater Day
Happy Homemade Soup Day !
1789: Electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States
1932: The first Winter Olympics on US soil began in Lake Placid, New York
1945: President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a conference at Yalta to outline plans for Germany’s defeat. Stalin took them to the cleaners
1974: The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California
1976: In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000
1977: “Rumours” 11th studio album by Fleetwood Mac is released
1997: A civil jury in California found O.J. Simpson liable in the death of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Goldman’s parents were awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages
2004: Facebook was launched online by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes of Hickory
News: Alexander County Schools return to class today…Alexander County Government gets “Clean Audit”…Man charged in Alexander County overnight with assault with intent to kill and discharging a firearm…Stony Point man charged with statutory sex-offenses in Gaston County…Man and woman from Stony Point facing criminal charges in Iredell County…Hickory man gets prison time…Five Iredell County inmates facing charges after fatal overdose of inmate in custody
Weather: Clouds and showers likely
Sports: Cougar Basketball gets schedule re-make for remainder of regular season…Duke 21-1 heading into Saturday showdown at UNC…Wolfpack get big win in Big ‘D”…Canes skate past Ottawa,,,NFL Players not happy with proposal to expand season to 18 game regular season
Happy Birthday: Dan Quayle, Alice Cooper, Lawrence Taylor, Clint Black, Gabrielle Anwar, Rob Corddry, Oscar De La Hoya, Hunter Biden, Natalie Imbruglia
Alexander County Schools Superintendent Dr Bill Griffin live on the air after the 7:30 News
Super Bowl Week Word of the Day: fair catch [fair kach] A catch of a kicked ball in which the returner signals that they will not advance the ball and therefore may not be interfered with or tackled. “The game turned on a muffed fair catch recovered by the other team.”
Quote of the Day: “Of the billionaires I have known, money just brings out the basic traits in them. If they were jerks before they had money, they are simply jerks with a billion dollars.”… Warren Buffett