Friday, March 31. Day 90 of 2023
It’s Crayon Day. How sharp are your Crayolas ?
1880: Wasbash, Indiana becomes the first town to be completely illuminated by electric lighting
1889: The Eiffel Tower officially opens in Paris
1918: Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time
1931: Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne is killed with 7 others when a light plane crashes on trip from Kansas City to Los Angeles
1953: The United States Department of Health, Education & Welfare is established
1975: UCLA beats Kentucky and captures their 11th national title under coach John Wooden who had announced his retirement 2 days earlier
1992: The USS Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned
1999: Boris Yeltsen resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as acting President
In the News: County Commissioners release agenda for Monday meeting…Newton man charged with armed robbery in Alexander County…Armed robbery foiled in Wilkes County…Drug bust in Catawba County…Another vehicle chase in the area
Weather: Clouds take over, we get some rain and perhaps a lot of wind later today and tonight
Sports: AC Men’s Tennis wins…Cougar Baseball, Softball and Women’s Soccer all in action today and tonight…Baseball begins…Women’s Final Four tonight, men Saturday evening…Canes in a slump…Freak show in Florida…NASCAR in Richmond
Happy Birthday: Shirley Jones, Herb Alpert, Christopher Walken, Gabe Kaplan, Al Gore, Rhea Perlman, Samantha Brown, Ewan McGregor
Word of the Day: vicinal [ vis-uh-nl ] of, relating to, or belonging to a neighborhood or district. neighboring; adjacent.
CNN in the tank https://apnews.com/article/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-584ea2b45819d2cc416006d7bd8b77e8?utm_source=ForYou&utm_medium=HomePage&utm_id=Taboola
Just a reminder, Tomorrow is April Fools Day !
Quote of the Day: “I don’t want to retire, because you stay retired for an awfully long time”…Gordie Howe (Born this day in 1928)