Wednesday, December 8th. Day 342 of 2021
Yum, It’s Brownie Day !
1863: President Lincoln announced his plan for the Reconstruction of the South
1941: The United States enters World War II when it declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared war on Japan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEvFj74Dg38
1962: Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike. The walkout would last for 114 days
1980: John Lennon is murdered by Mark David Chapman in New York City
1990: The Galileo spacecraft flies past Earth for the first time
2010: SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft
2019: The first confirmed case of COVID-19 is reported in China
In the News: Two file for office on Tuesday in Alexander County…Catawba County Register of Deeds indicted for embezzlement…Smash and grab at Taylorsville pharmacy….Alexander County man jailed…Lenoir man charged with armed robbery…Three Iredell Residents charged with felony drug trafficking
Weather: Clearing skies, high in mid 50’s this afternoon. Looks like the rain might come later this week
Sports: Cougar Basketball has a good night at Newton Conover, host North Iredell tonight…Canes get road win in Canada…Bama and Georgia are favored in College Football Playoff games
Happy Birthday: Bob Arum, Jerry Butler, Kim Basinger, Teri Hatcher, Ann Coulter, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Philip Rivers, Nicki Minaj
Yet another city rethinking their empty-skull policy of defunding police https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/oakland-backtracks-votes-add-police-crimes-surge-81612629
A strange story https://apnews.com/article/oddities-health-travel-lifestyle-camels-b3e4d60991ce053d185cb8ed9cbbca74
Quote of the Day: “One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough”….James Thurber (Born this day in 1894)