Wednesday, February 16th. Day 347 of 2022
It’s National Almond Day ! Some time you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t
1858: The first ironing board was patented by William Vandenburg and James Harvey
1923: Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
1937: Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon
1959: Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba. It’s not like the Cubans had a choice
1968: In Haleyville, Alabama, the first 9-1-1 emergency telephone system goes into service
2005: The National Hockey League cancels the entire 2004–05 regular season and playoffs due to a labor dispute
2006: The last Mobile army surgical hospital (M*A*S*H) is decommissioned by the United States Army
In the News: Another COVID-19 death on Tuesday in Alexander County…Man killed in Wilkes County crash…Taylorsville woman jailed on assault charge…Stony Point woman jailed on assault charge…Taylorsville man served with indictment this morning in Hickory…Another big drug haul on an Iredell County Interstate Highway…Standoff and Hostage situation ends this morning in Lincoln County
Weather: Clouds increase, high in low 50’s
Sports: Cougar Basketball gearing for their first appearance in NWC Tournament on Thursday…Duke wins at buzzer, Coach K can’t answer the call…NC State ends losing streak…Tennessee knocks off Kentucky…Hornets play, Hornets lose
Happy Birthday: LeVar Burton, Ice-T, John McEnroe, Lisa Loring, Kelly Tripucka, Michael Avenatti, Jerome Bettis
P.J. O’Rourke was an original https://nypost.com/2022/02/15/p-j-orourke-was-americas-greatest-satirist-and-coolest-conservative/
Yep, the Super Bowl ratings were huge https://deadline.com/2022/02/super-bowl-viewership-up-rams-win-bengals-nbc-olympics-1234932994/
Wow, went to the doctor yesterday. He gave me a shot in the butt! I don’t remember the last time that happened but if it makes me feel better, I’m sold
Quote of the Day: “I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it”…Clint Eastwood