Wednesday, May 29th. Day 150 of 2024
It’s Paper Clip Day and National Flip Flop Day
Happy Alligator Day !
1721: South Carolina was formally incorporated as a royal colony
1790: Rhode Island became the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution
1888: The first Belk store opened in Monore, NC
1922: The Supreme Court ruled that organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws
1953: Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay became first men to reach the top of Mount Everest
1974: President Nixon agreed to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts
2001: Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted of a global conspiracy to murder Americans. The crimes included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people
2004: The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C
In the News: Taylorsville woman shot in Newton, shooter killed by cops…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office asking for assistance in cold case dating to 2007…Hiddenite man arrested again…Taylorsville man arrested again…A new Alexander County Schools Superintendent is expected to be named this evening
Weather: Tons of Sun, high around 80
Sports: Alexander Central’s tennis courts close today for renovation project…Wolves beat Mavs to avoid sweep…Florida pulls even with Rangers…Braves win…Dodgers win twice…Stewart-Haas Racing to close operations at end of season
Happy Birthday: John Hinckley Jr. La Toya Jackson, Annette Bening, Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Welchel, Carmelo Anthony
North Carolina Drivers License about change look https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/north-carolina-drivers-licenses-will-soon-have-new-look/IHFC7HG6CVDDLNI7HUXS7RWLAU/
Darius Rucker talks about his arrest https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/darius-rucker-breaks-silence-february-160000200.html
Word of the Day: bafflegab [ baf-uhl-gab ] Confusing or generally unintelligible jargon; gobbledegook. Formed from the words baffle, “to confuse, bewilder,” and gab, “to talk or chat idly.”
Quote of the Day: “When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor’s Orphanage – he shot both his parents and moved in”…Bob Hope (Born this day in 1903)