Friday April 17th. Day 107 of 2026
It’s Ford Mustang Day and Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day
1521: Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church
1865: Mary Surratt was arrested as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination
1947: Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers got his first Major League hit, a bunt single
1964: The first Ford Mustang rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan
1969: Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy
1970: Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank
1993: Two Los Angeles police officers convicted in federal court of violating Rodney King’s civil rights and sentenced to prison, while two others are acquitted
2021: Global COVID-19 death toll passes three million
News: Deadline Day to register students for the Ellendale School of Innovation and Technology…Taylorsville woman busted after traffic stop…Newton Man taken into custody overnight by Taylorsville Police…Alexander County man facing felony probation charges…Hiddenite woman in jail for resisting arrest again…Former McDowell High coach and counselor pleads guilty to felony sex crimes involving a minor
Weather: Tons of Sun and Hot. A shot at a shower comes Saturday night and Sunday morning
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball continues to struggle after giving up 8 unearned runs to Foard on Thursday…AC Women’s Soccer battle Watauga to draw…Hornets can play-into playoffs tonight at Orlando…Canes open their quest for the Cup on Saturday…Cleveland Rookie carries No-No into 9th inning…NASCAR in Kansas
Happy Birthday: Olivia Hussey, Sean Bean, Boomer Esiason, Jennifer Garner, Victoria Beckham
Word of the Day: coterminous [koh-tur-muh-nuhs] being the same in extent; coextensive in range or scope, having the same border or covering the same area. From Latin , meaning “bordering upon, having a common boundary.” When something is coterminous, it has the same boundaries, or is of equal extent or length of time as something else.
Quote of the Day: “I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.”… Thornton Wilder (Born this day in 1897)