Friday, June 2nd. Day 152 of 2023
Keep an eye on the back exit, it’s Leave Your Job Early Day
Happy Fish and Chips Day !
1835: P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States
1896: Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph
1924: President Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States
1928: The Kraft Company introduces Velveeta cheese
1979: Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist nation
1997: In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later
2012: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
In the News: No information released after “Land Search” by law enforcement on Thursday in Alexander County…Taylorsville man jailed without bond…Suspect in rash of bank robberies captured after chase in Western North Carolina…Alexander County Board of Commissioner and Taylorsville Town Board will meet Monday
Weather: Sunshine aplenty today. High in low to mid 80’s. Upper 80’s for Saturday
Sports: Alexander Central Summer Camps are taking registrations…Denver wins Game I in NBA Finals…Hockey finals will begins Saturday…Softball College World Series underway…NCAA Baseball Tournament begins today
Happy Birthday: Sally Kellerman, Stacy Keach, Charlie Watts, Jerry Mathers, Craig Stadler, Dennis Haysbert, Dana Carvey, Kyle Petty, Nikki Cox, Abby Wambach
Joe quips about one of his latest missteps https://apnews.com/article/biden-fall-trip-air-force-stage-sandbag-79427949848742048600171770e33bc9
Word of the Day: animalcule [ an-uh-mal-kyool ] A minute or microscopic animal, nearly or quite invisible to the naked eye
Quote of the Day: “A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all” Poet Thomas Hardy (Born this day in 1840)