Monday, March 30th. Day 89 of 2026
Doctor, Doctor give me the cure, it’s Doctors Day
Happy Take a Walk in the Park Day
1842: Ether is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long
1858: Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia received a patent for the Pencil
1867: Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent per acre
1972: The British Government takes direct control over Northern Ireland
1981: President Ronald Reagan is shot outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Three others are wounded in the same incident
1992: “The Silence of the Lambs”sweeps the Oscars winning Best Picture. Anthony Hopkins is named Best Actor and Jodie Foster gets nod as Best Actress
1993: In the Peanuts comic strip, Charlie Brown hit his first home run
1998: Rolls-Royce was purchased by BMW
2022: Bruce Willis announces he is stepping away from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia
News: Statewide Burn Ban in place, all permits have been cancelled…Big Fire raging in Northern Wilkes County…Taylorsville Police nab Hiddenite couple…Conover woman busted with drugs overnight by TPD…Alexander County man very,very often arrested is arrested yet again…Alexander County woman charged for allegedly trying to crash her vehicle into a neighbor’s garage door…
Weather: Sunny and Warm, oh yeah, Windy TOO !
Sports: Cougar Baseball wins over South Caldwell on Friday…AC Women’s Soccer gets win…Lady Cougar Softball lose heart breaker…Duke takes a dagger at the buzzer…Hornets can’t hang with Celtics…Canes cant hang with Montreal…Chas Elliott wins in Martinsville…Gary Woodland provides a feel good story on PGA Tour
Happy Birthday: John Astin, Warren Beatty, Eric Clapton, Paul Reiser, MC Hammer, Tracy Chapman, Piers Morgan, Celine Dion, Norah Jones, Chris Sale
Be on the lookout for a Kangaroo https://apnews.com/article/kangaroo-petting-zoo-wisconsin-escape-e5368b274706c2051fab54a73de8c777
Word of the Day: mouse potato [mous puh-tey-toh]: a person who spends large amounts of their leisure or working time on a computer. Term appeared in the 1990’s much in the same spirit as couch potato. “Some might consider me to be a mouse potato.”
Quote of the Day: “An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie and intrigue for the benefit of his country.”… Henry Wotton