Monday, April 21. Day 111 of 2025
It’s Easter Monday
1865: Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train leaves Washington
1918: WWI Ace Manfred von Richthofen “The Red Baron”, is shot down and killed in France
1956: “Heartbreak Hotel” by Elvis Presley goes #1
1967: Joseph Stalin’s daughter Svetlana arrives in New York after defecting from the Soviet Union
1977: Annie opens on Broadway
1982: The Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game to open the season
1995: The FBI arrests Timothy McVeigh and charge him with the Oklahoma City bombing
2019: Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is elected President in a landslide
2021: The Manhattan, NY District Attorney’s office announces it will no longer prosecute prostitution, dismissing 914 open cases
In the News: Small plane crash on Friday off Rink Dam Road…Three fatalities over weekend on Iredell County Interstates…Man falls to his death on Watauga County trail…Taylorsville man in prison after entering plea of making false bomb threat to courthouse…Alexander County Deputies charge man after report of shots being fired…Four arrested after shot fired at Catawba County Officers
Weather: Sun mixed with clouds. High in low 80’s
Sports: Cougar Baseball plays today in Catawba Valley Easter Tournament…Canes take Game 1…NBA Playoff much like the regular season so far which translates to, “Who Cares ?”…Padres have best record in the Majors…Braves sweep 3 from Twins over weekend…Justin Thomas breaks drought…It’s NFL Draft Week
Happy Birthday: Iggy Pop, Patti LuPone, Tony Danza, Andie MacDowell, Rob Riggle, James McAvoy, Tony Romo
The Pope passes https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-francis-dies-age-88-catholic-church/
Word of the Day: myriad [ mir-ee-uhd ] A a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things. Diverse or various. Ten Thousand. From Greek meaning 10,000. “Things began to change for a myriad of reasons”
Quote of the Day: “The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.”… Helen Hayes