Friday, May 31st. Day 152 of 2024
It’s No Tobacco Day
Happy National Smile Day !
1775: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Colony of North Carolina
1889: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1955: The U.S. Supreme Court expands on its Brown v. Board of Education decision by ordering district courts and school districts to enforce educational desegregation “at all deliberate speed”
Trans Alaska Pipeline
Photo: Luca Galuzzi
2003: Eric Rudolph is captured in western North Carolina. He was wanted for a number of terror attacks including the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
2005: Vanity Fair magazine reveals that former FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt was “Deep Throat” He supplied information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward during the Watergate investigation
2009: Millvina Dean, the last known person to have survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died in Southampton, England; she was nine weeks old at the time of the disaster.
In the News: Unemployment drops in all 100 counties…Alexander County Board of Elections wins award…Hiddenite man facing more charges…Stony Point woman jailed after latest scuffle with Deputies…Taylorsville woman jailed…Update on officer-involved fatal shooting in Newton
Weather: Sensational ! Sunshine with high in upper 70’s
Sports: Two ACHS athletes recognized for their academic excellence…Duke faces elimination today in Softball College World Series…NCAA Baseball Tournament begins today…Panthers beat Rangers in the Garden…NBA Finals set…Braves bats go from cold to frigid
Happy Birthday: Clint Eastwood, Joe Namath, Sharon Gless, Tom Berenger, Jim Craig, Lea Thompson, Corey Hart, Brooke Shields, Dave Roberts, Colin Farrell
Former NFL player working at Nevada Governor’s Mansion while serving prison time https://news.yahoo.com/news/ex-las-vegas-raider-henry-214520250.html
Another weird World’s Record https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/05/30/india-Guinness-World-Records-nose-typing/2411717099400/
Word of the Day: pampas [ pam-puhz ] The vast grassy plains of southern South America, especially in Argentina. Pampas grass is a tall, ornamental grass native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery-white panicles.
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