Wednesday, February 11th. Day 42 of 2026
It’s Get out your Guitar Day
Happy Latte Day !
1752: The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America
1943: General Dwight David Eisenhower was selected to command the allied armies in Europe
1990: Nelson Mandela is released from prison in South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner
1993: Janet Reno was appointed Attorney General. She was the first female to hold the position
2006: Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a quail hunt in Texas
2012: Whitney Houston was found dead in Los Angeles. She had drowned in a bathtub after consuming an assortment of drugs
2020: The World Health Organization officially names the coronavirus outbreak as COVID-19
2021: Joe Biden rescinds the national emergency order used by President Trump to fund the border wall with Mexico
News: Early Voting For March 3rd Primary begins Thursday…Alexander County Spelling Bee winners announced…Statesville man facing Alexander County charges…Lenoir woman detained in Alexander County…Thanks to concerned citizens, two suspects busted in Caldwell County
Weather: Tuesday high was 71! No quite as warm today but not bad
Sports: Cougar women win again, men can’t hang with Freedom. AC hoops at home again this evening vrs St Stephens…Heels fall to Miami…Duke blasts Pitt…Hornets try to start another winning streak tonight at home against Atlanta…US Women’s Hockey destroys Canada in Olympics…Braves get some bad news
Happy Birthday: Tina Louise, Jeb Bush, Sheryl Crow, Sarah Palin, Jennifer Aniston, Damian Lewis, Brandy Norwood, Taylor Lautner, Dansby Swanson
Take a look at this https://nypost.com/2026/02/10/us-news/unique-ice-volcano-emerges-through-frigid-temperatures-in-upstate-new-york/
Word of the Day: Burgundy [bur-guhn-dee] French Bourgogne, a region in central France: a former kingdom, duchy, and province. Various wines, red and white, mostly still, full, and dry, produced in the Burgundy region. Spelled in lower case, burgundy-a grayish red-brown to dark blackish-purple color. The word is quite often misspelled as burgandy. “The next stop on the tour is the Burgundy Region of France and it’s fine wines.”
Quote of the Day: “We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow.”… Leo Szilard (Born in 1898, one of the scientists that developed the first atomic bomb)