Thursday, March 10th. Day 69 of2022
It’s Pack Your Lunch Day. Na, I’ll pass
Happy Bagpipe Day ! Not Scottish but I love Bagpipes
1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War
1876: Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call
1922: Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
1933: The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead.
1941: The Brooklyn Dodgers announced the team would wear batting helmets during the upcoming season
1969: James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later recanted his plea
1971: The Senate approved an amendment to lower the voting age to 18
1977: Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. Insert punch-line here
In the News: Some new developments in case of Taylorsville couple charged with murder…Child killed in home accident in Wilkes County…Conover Bank robbed Wednesday, suspect still at large…Wilkesboro man arrested in Alexander County…Taylorsville Police arrest woman on felony drug counts…Taylorsville man often arrested, arrested again
Weather: Clouds rule today
Sports: AC Softball pounds Bandys…South Iredell names new Football coach…Wake suffers ugly loss in ACC Tournament, top 4 seeds play today…Hornets play and lose…MLB still locking out players…Washington trades for Wentz…Golf’s 5th Major (maybe the 4th) tees-off today in Florida
Happy Birthday: Chuck Norris, Sharon Stone, Jasmine Guy, Rod Woodson, Jon Hamm, Carrie Underwood
If Joe decides to buy oil from Iran he should be be removed
Al Pacino comes to grips with Michael Corleone https://dnyuz.com/2022/03/09/al-pacino-on-the-godfather-its-taken-me-a-lifetime-to-accept-it-and-move-on/
Penguin captured roaming the streets https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/03/09/hungary-zoo-escape-young-penguin-Budapest-Hungary/6361646844297/
Taylorsville Town Manager David Odom will join me live this morning at 7:45 to explain the issues that a planned Duke-Energy grid upgrade will cause the town. Be sure to listen or click online !
Quote of the Day: “I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking bad things about him. He said, of course not! I said, well, I think you stink! He gave me a technical. You can’t trust em”…Jim Valvano (Born this day in 1946)