Tuesday, April 29th. Day 119 of 2025
Happy Zipper Day !
1852: The 1st edition of Peter Roget’s Thesaurus is published in Great Britain
1927: Construction of Spirit of St Louis, the monoplane which Charles Lindburgh was to fly across the Atlantic is completed in San Diego
1941: The Boston Bees change their name to the Braves
1945: In his bunker beneath Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun are married
1967: Aretha Franklin releases “Respect”
1986: Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
2004: Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production
2015: The Chicago White Sox and the Baltimore Orioles play in front of no fans. Camden Yards had been closed due to riots near the ballpark
2018: “The Simpsons” surpasses 635-episode count of “Gunsmoke; highest number of episodes of any series on TV
In the News: Alexander County Commissioners will name new Interim County Manager on Thursday…Taylorsville man get 120 day jail sentence…Alexander County man arrested in Iredell County…Huntersville man nabbed by Alexander County Deputies…Man from Hiddenite taken into custody…Catawba County couple arrested on felony drug trafficking offenses
Weather: Sunny and 80
Sports: AC Baseball plays in conference tournament today…Lady Cougar Softball will open league tournament play on Wednesday…Who will be in net tonight for Carolina Hurricanes?…Cavs sweep the heat…Braves beat Colorado…Reds getting hot…
Happy Birthday: Willie Nelson, Johnny Miller, Nora Dunn, Jerry Seinfeld, Kate Mulgrew, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Reggie Miller, Carnie Wilson, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman
Mexico will share water with US https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-makes-water-deal-mexico-president-claudia-sheinbaum-2065316
You’ll want to see this https://apnews.com/video/speedboat-goes-airborne-spins-in-air-while-trying-to-break-a-speed-record-in-arizona-164df3620ee3400d8d47c3f433f70e3a
Word of the Day: vex [ veks ] To torment; trouble; distress; plague; worry, bewilder. From Old French vexer, from Latin vexāre “to shake, jolt, harass, annoy,” “The young man continues to vex his parents”
Quote of the Day: “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late:… Ralph Waldo Emerson (Born this day in 1803)