Help needed in finding man who left Rosamond home
ROSAMOND — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in locating a missing Rosamond man.
John Nicholson, 75, left his residence in the 3200 block of Tardito Lane on Feb. 1 and has not returned, officials said Friday.
He is described as a white man, five feet seven inches tall and weighing 170 pounds.
It is not known what he was last wearing.
Nicholson is known to frequent the Lancaster and Palmdale area.
He is considered at risk due to his age and the fact that he does not have a history of leaving his residence for long periods of time, officials said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy Guerrero at 661824-7130 or 661-861-3110.
Today is Saturday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2020. There are 327 days left in the year.
ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
On Feb. 8, 1924, the first execution by gas in the United States took place at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City as Gee Jon, a Chinese immigrant convicted of murder, was put to death.
1587 — Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1862 — The Civil War Battle of Roanoke Island, North Carolina, ended in victory for Union forces led by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.
1910 — The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated.
1922 — President Warren G. Harding had a radio installed in the White House.
1952 — Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed her accession to the British throne following the death of her father, King George VI.
1968 — Three college students were killed in a confrontation between demonstrators and highway patrolmen at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg in the wake of protests over a whites-only bowling alley. The science-fiction film “Planet of the Apes,” starring Charlton Heston, had its world premiere in New York (it went into general release the following April.)
1971 — NASDAQ, the world’s first electronic stock exchange, held its first trading day.
1976 — Martin Scorsese’s violent urban drama “Taxi Driver,” starring Robert De Niro, was released by Columbia Pictures.
1989 — One hundred forty-four people were killed when an American-chartered Boeing 707 filled with Italian tourists slammed into a fog-covered mountain in the Azores.
1992 — The XVI Olympic Winter Games opened in Albertville, France.
1993 — General Motors sued NBC, alleging that “Dateline NBC” had rigged two car-truck crashes to show that 1973-to-87 GM pickups were prone to fires in side impact crashes. (NBC settled the lawsuit the following day and apologized for its “unscientific demonstration.”)
Ten years ago — Endeavour and six astronauts rocketed into orbit, hauling a new room and observation deck for the International Space Station. Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop superstar in Los Angeles Superior Court. (Murray was convicted in 2011 and served two years in jail.)
Five years ago — A riot erupted outside a major soccer stadium in Egypt, with a stampede and fighting between police and fans killing at least 19 people.
One year ago — A fire swept through the sleeping quarters of an academy for a Brazilian professional soccer club, killing 10 teenage players.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Composer-conductor John Williams is 88. Newscaster Ted Koppel is 80. Actor Nick Nolte is 79. Comedian Robert Klein is 78. Actor-rock musician Creed Bratton is 77. Singer Ron Tyson is 72. Actress Brooke Adams is 71. Actress Mary Steenburgen is 67. Author John Grisham is 65. Retired NBA All-Star and College Basketball Hall of Famer Marques Johnson is 64. Actor Henry Czerny is 61. The former president of the Philippines, Benigno Aquino III, is 60. Rock singer Vince Neil (Motley Crüe) is 59. Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson is 58. Movie producer Toby Emmerich is 57. Actress Missy Yager is 52. Actress Mary McCormack is 51. Rock musician Keith Nelson is 51. Basketball Hall of Famer Alonzo Mourning is 50. Actress Susan Misner is 49. Dance musician Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk) is 46. Actor Seth Green is 46. Actor Josh Morrow is 46. Rock musician Phoenix (Linkin Park) is 43. Actor William Jackson Harper is 40. Actor Jim Parrack is
39. Folk singer-musician Joey Ryan (Milk Carton Kids) is
38. Actress-comedian Cecily Strong is 36. Rock musician Jeremy Davis is 35. Hip-hop artist Anderson.Paak is 34. Rock musician Max Grahn (Carolina Liar) is 32. Actor Ryan Pinkston is 32. NBA star Klay Thompson is 30. Professional surfer Bethany Hamilton is 30. Actress Karle Warren is 28.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
“Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.” — Robert Quillen, American journalist (18871948).