Friday: May 3rd. Day 125 of 2024
It’s Tuba Day and Paranormal Day
Happy Wear Two Different Colored Shoes Day !
1802: Washington D.C. is incorporated as a city
1921: West Virginia imposes 1st state sales tax in the US
1921: Ireland is partitioned under British law creating Northern Ireland
1937: Margaret Mitchell wins the Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Gone With The Wind”
1957: Walter O’Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. The Dodgers and the Giants would move to the west coast in 1958
1991: The final episode of Dallas airs on CBS
1999: Oklahoma City is hit with an F5 Tornado. Winds are recorded at over 300 miles per hour. 45 people are killed and over 600 are injured
2020: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is responsible for the spread and severity of COVID-19 and should be held accountable
In the News: Fire destroys Hiddenite structure…Apple Blossom Festival is on for Saturday…County Commissioners will meet Monday…Taylorsville woman jailed…Hickory woman in Alexander County custody…Newton Officer killed in Charlotte shootout returns home on Thursday
Weather: Sun mixed with clouds. High near 85 again
Sports: Lady Cougars and South Caldwell will play for Conference Tournament Title tonight…Andras signs with Wake Forest Dance Team…Maple Leafs force Game VII against Boston…Braves and Dodgers tonight in La La Land…NASCAR in Kansas
Happy Birthday: Frankie Valli, Greg Gumbel, Christopher Cross, Christina Hendricks, Eric Church, Cheryl Burke, Brooks Koepka
Yet another attack by fried chicken https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/fried-chicken-battery-675930
Word of the Day: preponderance [ pri-pon-der-uhns ] A superiority or excess in number or quantity. A majority. Sentence- “The suspect was convicted with a preponderance of evidence”
Quote of the Day: “Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either”… Golda Meir (Born this day in 1898)