Wednesday, May 4th. Day 124 of 2022
Happy Star Wars Day !
1904: Construction of the Panama Canal begins
1932: Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion
1953: Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea
1959: The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held
1970: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others during a Vietnam War protest
1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1989: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal
In the News: Drowning on Lake Lookout on Tuesday…County names new DSS Director…Whisnant and Cronk awarded Keys to the County…Sales tax is up in Alexander County…Early Voting continues…Stony Point woman jailed…North Wilkesboro man charged with attempted murder…Hickory man arrested for attempted armed robbery…Fatal crash reported overnight on Highway 321 bridge that borders Catawba and Caldwell
Weather: Sun to start, clouds develop this afternoon
Sports: Cougar Baseball beats Freedom to advance to Tournament Championship…AC Women’s Soccer beat Ashe County 5-0…Cougar Golf places 5th in West Regional…Lady Cougar Softball host Tournament Semifinals today in Taylorsville…Two AC Women Basketball players sign to play in college…Boston and Memphis pull even…Canes host Bruins tonight…Mets take the broom to the Braves…Yankee win streak reaches 11
Happy Birthday: George F. Will, Pia Zadora, Randy Travis, Will Arnett, Dawn Staley, Erin Andrews, Lance Bass, Rory McIlroy
I hate to be a Buzz Kill but it’s not good https://www.wsj.com/articles/stocks-and-bonds-are-falling-in-lockstep-at-pace-unseen-in-decades-11651551170
Strange weather in May https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/snow-makes-nebraska-look-like-middle-of-winter-in-may/1181510
Quote of the Day: “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible”…Audrey Hepburn (Born this day in 1929)