Friday, March 17th Day 138 of 2024
It’s Work From Home Day
Happy NASCAR Day and Put on your Shades Day
1792: The New York Stock Exchange is formed
1875: Aristides wins the first Kentucky Derby
1900: The children’s novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published
1932: Congress changed the name “Porto Rico” to “Puerto Rico”
1954: The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. It outlaws racial segregation in public schools
1973: The Watergate hearings begin in the US Senate. The chairman of the Watergate Committee was Morganton’s Sam Ervin
1996: President Clinton signed a measure requiring neighborhood notification when sex offenders move in. Megan’s Law was named for 7-year-old Megan Kanka, who was raped and killed in 1994
2004: The first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. are performed in the state of Massachusetts
In the News: Alex County School Board has six interviews scheduled for Superintendent today…Wilkes County Schools reach settlement with family of student assaulted at Wilkes Central High School…Burke County woman killed when large rock is thrown into her vehicle….Taylorsville man back behind bars…Duo charged with Drive-By Shooting in Alexander County gets bonds reduced…
Weather: More Clouds than Sun. Showers likely throughout the weekend
Sports: Cougar Baseball downs Marvin Ridge, play at Charlotte Catholic today in Regional Semifinal…Lady Cougar Softball at Wedding in Region Semi tonight…Three ACHS Athletes in State Track and Field Finals today…Canes let it get away…T Wolves force Game VII…They’re chasing Xander at PGA…North Wilkesboro spend the weekend in the Spotlight
Happy Birthday: Sugar Ray Leonard, Jim Nantz, Simon Fuller, Craig Ferguson, Danny Manning, Hubert Davis, Tony Parker, Matt Ryan, Nikki Reed
Sheep and Goats on the Interstate https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/05/16/goats-sheep-Interstate-64-Chesapeake-Virginia/9351715880856/
Word of the Day: shoal [ shohl ] A place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow. A sandbank or sandbar in the bed of a body of water. Adjective: of little depth. Can also refer to a large number of persons or things. Sentence: “The river is full of shoals.”
Quote of the Day: “I don’t enjoy being recognized. It’s unpleasant” … Dennis Hopper (Born this day in 1936)