Tuesday, February 22nd. Day 53 of 2022
It’s World Thinking Day. Let’s hope it’s celebrated by participating in the practice
Happy Margarita Day ! I’ll have one but hold the salt please
1819: Spain ceded Florida to the United States
1855: Congress voted to appropriate $200,000 for continuance of the work on the Washington Monument. The next morning the resolution was tabled and it would be 21 years before the Congress would vote on funds again
1924: President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first Radio broadcast from the White House
1959: Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500
1980: The United States Hockey team defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union at the Lake Placid Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice
1994: The Justice Department charged Aldrich Ames and his wife with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union. Ames was later convicted to life in prison. Ames’ wife received a 5-year prison term
1997: Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut announced that an adult sheep had been successfully cloned. Dolly was actually born on July 5, 1996. Dolly was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell
In the News: Another COVID-19 death reported Monday in Alexander County…County School Board to address masking policy at meeting today…Union Grove man charged with stealing vehicle and trying to sell it in Alexander County…Taylorsville woman facing resisting arrest charge…Taylorsville man served felony warrants…Lots of drug arrests
Weather: Cloudy, Warm and Windy Today. Maybe a shower, rain more likely tonight
Sports: Cougar Basketball Teams host State Playoff Games this evening…Heels get a win…App State hires Offensive Coordinator…Canes win Monday Matinee in Philly…Kentucky Derby winner is stripped of victory
Happy Birthday: Julius Erving, Vijay Singh, Rachel Dratch, Thomas Jane, Michael Chang, Drew Barrymore
Number crunchers, check this out https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/happy-twosday-why-numbers-like-22222-have-been-too-fascinating-for-over-2000-years/ar-AATZWz2
I’ve always liked Michelle Tafoya. I can remember her doing a talk show in Charlotte many years ago when she used the air name Mickey Connely. She’s leaving NBC’s Monday Night Football and will battle the left-wing media as a moderate voice(that’s what most of us are) https://www.foxnews.com/media/michele-tafoya-why-i-am-leaving-nbc-for-gop
He’s the world’s tallest teenager https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/02/15/Guinness-World-Records-tallest-teenager/6111644960014/
Quote of the Day: “Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder”…George Washington (Born this day in 1732)