Wednesday, May 1st. Day 122 of 2024
It’s May Day. Have you ever danced around a Maypole. Do you even know what one is ?
1707: England, Wales and Scotland were united to form Great Britain
1805: The state of Virginia passed a law requiring all freed slaves to leave the state, or risk either imprisonment or deportation
1931: The Empire State Building in New York was dedicated and opened. It was 102 stories tall and was the tallest building in the world at the time
1944: The German Messerschmitt Me 262, the first combat jet, made its first flight
1960: Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Powers was taken prisoner
1971: The National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) went into service
2000: “Gladiator” directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix premieres in Los Angeles
2011: President Obama announced that U.S. soldiers had killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan
In the News: Proposed Alexander County Budget includes two-cent property tax decrease…Alexander County Schools ace survey given across state…One of the officers killed on Monday in Charlotte was a Newton-Conover HS graduate…A Statesville Police Officer was wounded in Charlotte shootout and is expected to recover…Stony Point woman charged…Taylorsville man held in Catawba County Jail…Wilkes County substitute teacher charged with assaulting student
Weather: Sunny with a high near 85 today
Sports: Cougar Baseball falls in slugfest to South Caldwell…AC women’s Soccer drops match to Watauga…Lady Cougar Softball will open play in NWC Tournament on Thursday…Canes move on to Round II…Braves drop another one in Emerald City…Mike Trout to have surgery
Happy Birthday: Judy Collins, Rita Coolidge, Ray Parker Jr, Tim McGraw, Julie Benz
One in four Americans fear their job will be gone…this year! https://studyfinds.org/americans-fear-losing-their-job/
They live among us https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/clueless-columbia-protester-demands-school-help-get-food-water-to-illegal-occupiers-basic-humanitarian-aid/
Word of the Day: deference [ def-er-uhns ] Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another. Respect and esteem due a superior or an elder. Courteous regard. From French meaning to defer.
Quote of the Day: “You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child”…Dr Suess