Friday, April 21st. Day 111 of 2023
It’s Kindergarten Day !
1865: Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train leaves Washington
1918: WWI Ace Manfred von Richthofen “The Red Baron”, is shot down and killed in France
1956: “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley goes #1
1967: Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana arrives in New York after defecting from the Soviet Union
1977: Annie opens on Broadway
1982: The Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game to open the season
1995: The FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh and charge him with the Oklahoma City bombing
2019: Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is elected President in a landslide
In the News: Taylorsville Town Hall will close at noon today for Odom service…Rockyfest set for Saturday…Judge orders arrest of Taylorsville man…Hiddenite man busted…Hickory woman jailed in Alexander County…Meth Lab raided in Iredell County
Weather: Another nice day but rain in likely on Saturday
Sports: Cougar Men’s Tennis gets win…Big Day for Cougar Baseball, Softball and Women’s Soccer, they host South Caldwell…Canes play game III tonight in NY…Warriors win without Greene…MadBum gets released…Mad Max is suspended…NASCAR runs rapidly in Talledega
Happy Birthday: Iggy Pop, Patti LuPone, Tony Danza, Andie MacDowell, Rob Riggle, James McAvoy, Tony Romo
What makes hair turn gray ? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-makes-hair-turn-gray-stuck-stem-cells/
Word of the Day: Zuider Zee [ zahy-der zey A Former shallow inlet of the North Sea in central Netherlands. It has been closed off from the North Sea by the construction of a dam
Quote of the Day: “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing”… Benjamin Franklin