Monday, June 3. Day 154 of 2024
It’s National Egg Day
1539: Hernando de Soto claims the territory of Florida for Spain
1851: NY Knickerbockers wear what is considered to be the first Baseball Uniforms. It included straw hats, white shirts and blue trousers
1949: Wesley Anthony Brown is the first black to graduate from US Naval Academy
1965: The first American Space walk made by NASA astronaut Ed White
Aretha Franklin-1967
2017: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists at The London Bridge. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the police
2019: Apple announces it is shutting down iTunes and replacing it with three different apps
In the News: Hiddenite man dies in Friday crash…Fatal crash Saturday in Hudson…
Weather: Sunshine and 83 today. Upper 80’s on Tuesday
Sports: ACHS alum Zach Brzykcy begins rehab assignment from Tommy John surgery on Tuesday…East Wilkes wins 1A Softball Title…NC State Baseball makes Super Regional, UNC and East Carolina play today with chance to advance…Edmonton beats Dallas and will play Florida in Stanly Cup Finals…Ryan Blaney runs out of gas on last lap handing Austin Cindric a win in St Louis…Yankees and Brewers have won 5 straight, White Sox has dropped last 11
Happy Birthday: Raul Castro, Billy Cunningham, Hale Irwin, Jill Biden, Anderson Cooper, Rafael Nadal
Rupert Murdoch marries again https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rupert-murdoch-marries-5th-time-elena-zhukova/
Parsnips
Quote of the Day: “You must get an education. You must go to school, and you must learn to protect yourself. And you must learn to protect yourself with the pen, and not the gun”… Josephine Baker (Born this day in 1906)