January 26 is National Spouses Day
Every year on January 26 National Spouses Day is dedicated to recognizing 
spouses everywhere, and reminds us to take time for our mate. From being thankful for fulfillment and security of a long-term relationship to the boost of morale and well-being provided by spouses, there are many reasons to celebrate.
National Spouses Day is an opportunity to show your spouse that you care and appreciate all of the things that he or she does for you and the home.
Life can be busy and the daily whirl can cause us to take for granted how our spouse improves our life. Take a moment to convey a heartfelt thank you or compliment to the love of your life. National Spouses Day is a non-gift giving day, so spend time together and reconnect.
Don’t forget to say, “I love you.”
Today in history: January 26: The Knickerbocker Storm
The Knickerbocker storm was a blizzard that occurred over three days beginning on January 26, 1922. It came up from the south dropping snow from North Carolina to Philadelphia in a slow moving cyclone.
Parts of the mid-Atlantic corridor were buried under 36” of snow by January 28th when the storm finally moved off the coast. Richmond measured 19 inches, and over a foot fell on parts of North Carolina. In Washington DC, the blizzard unloaded 28 inches of snow in 24 hours.
At the corner of 18th street and Columbia Road in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC stood the Knickerbocker Theater, the newest movie house in town. On January 28th, a large audience had gathered to see the silent film “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford”., a comedy about a con man.
At approximately 9PM, the roof collapsed under the weight of the snow and ice. According to news accounts, there was no warning, no creaks or cracks, just a sudden collapse. 98 people were killed and 130 more were injured.
Weird Fact: Vesna’s Fall
On January 26, 1972, an explosion tore through the baggage compartment of Yugoslav Airlines flight 367 as it flew from Copenhagen to Belgrade.
Vesna Vulovic was a flight attendant who was serving passengers on the routine flight aboard the DC-9 aircraft. She was there due to a scheduling mix-up due to the airline having two attendants with the same name. The explosion blew the plane apart. Vulovic was in a seat wedged between the aircraft wall and a food service cart. As the small section of wreckage she was in fell to earth, the food cart’s intertial force pinned her to the wall. The wreckage landed on a steep slope, and it is thought that the angle in which Vulovic’s portion of wreckage struck the slope allowed for a smoother landing that would be expected.
Her last memory was greeting passengers as they boarded the flight.
Vulovic was found alive with serious injuries by a Czech villager who happened to have been a medic during World War II, a man named Bruno Honke. Honke heard her screaming in the wreckage and found her covered in blood, but alive. Due to his medical training he managed to keep her alive until rescue could come. None of the other 22 passengers survived.
She was in a coma for ten days, and had suffered numerous broken bones, hemorrhaging, and severe brain damage.She was temporarily paralyzed below the waist, but regained her movement.
She eventually returned to work for the airline with a desk job, and died at the age of 66 in 2016.
Vesna’s fall is officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the highest fall survived without a parachute, at just over 33,000 feet.