Wednesday, April 22. Day 112 of 2026
it’s Earth Day. We must take better care of the is rock we live on !
Salute !! It’s School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day
Happy Baseball Day, Beagle Day and Jelly Bean Day !
1864: The US mints a two-cent coin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-cent_piece_(United_States)
1903: NY Highlanders , now the Yankees play their first MLB game. They lose to Washington 3-1
1966: The Troggs release “Wild Thing”
1972: Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke (born in Charlotte) ride a vehicle on the Moon
1977: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic
2000: In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives’ home in Miami
2016: The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming
News: Alexander County Commissioners hold budget work session. Indications are that they’re mulling a property tax decrease…Duke Energy begging for more in latest filing…Alexander County Deputies arrest wanted fugitive from Catawba County…Granite Falls man charged with sexual exploitation…Wilkes County man in jail after leading officer on chase for two straight days
Weather: Sunny and 82
Sports: Davis leads Lady Cougar to face-planting of Freedom…AC Baseball gets 20th win…Lady Cougar win in shutout…Vegas on the Clock, NFL Draft is Thursday night…Mets losing streak hits the Dirty Dozen
Happy Birthday: Jack Nicholson, Peter Frampton, Ryan Stiles, Terry Francona, Byron Allen, Marshawn Lynch
A pricy deal https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/investment/ar-AA21o0YV
Word of the Day; Ardennes [ahr-den, ar-den] region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. The area was the location of the WWII “Battle of the Bulge” where German troops staged their last major offensive of the war.
Quote of the Day: “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds”… J. Robert Oppenheimer (Born this day in 1904)