Monday, Maarch 25. Day 85 of 2024
Happy Waffle Day !
1669: Mt Etna erupts in Sicily killing 20,000
1934: Horton Smtih wins the first Masters Golf Championship
1954: RCA markets their first Color TV set. It sells for $1,000
1965: Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1974: NC State beat Marquette to win the NCAA Basketball title
1976: “My Fair Lady” opens on Broadway
2001: “Gladiator” wins Best Picture at the Acadamy Awards. Russell Crowe wins Best Actor. Julia Roberts is named Best Actress in “Erin Brokovich”
2016: The Rolling Stones perform a free outdoor concert in Havana, Cuba, before an estimated crowd of 500,000
In the News: Alexander County Board of Education and Alexander County Board of Commissioners is scheduled for Joint Work Session on Thursday…Taylorsville woman facing drug charges…Stony Point man taken into custody…Taylorsville Police charge man…Child rape charged in Iredell County
Weather: Cold start. Partly sunny and 58
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball hangs 18 runs on Watauga…Hollar wins 1,000 game…AC Baseball at Watauga today…UNC,NC State, Duke and Clemson make-up 25 percent of the Final Four…
Happy Birthday: Jim Lovell,Tom Monaghan, Paul Michael Glaser, Elton John, Marcia Cross, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Glavine, Danica Patrick, Katharine McPhee
Hey, my bracket is better than I thought. I had 12 of the 16 still dancing
Yellowstone cast member booted off flight https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/yellowstone-star-kicked-off-flight-205747430.html
Word of the Day: garrulous [ gar-uh-luhs ] Excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters. Wordy, boring. From Latin meaning to chatter
Quote of the Day: “Better a witty fool than a foolish wit”… William Shakespeare