Monday, May 3rd. Day 123 of 2021
Happy Lemonade Day !
It’s Two Different Colored Shoes Day
1802: Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city
1921: West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later
1937: Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for “Gone With The Wind.”
1952: The Kentucky Derby is televised nationally for the first time
1957: Walter O’Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, agrees to move the team from Brooklyn to Los Angeles
1992: Five days of rioting and looting ended in Los Angeles. The riots, that killed 53 people, began after the acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King
2006: Al-Quaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui was given a sentence of life in prison for his role in the terrorist attack on 9-11, 2001
In the News: Alexander Libraries and Senior Center reopen doors today…24 new cases of COVID-19 reported over weekend in Alexander County…Two women arrested by Taylorsville Police for trafficking meth…Hiddenite man taken into custody…Fatal shooting under investigation in Statesville
Weather: A warm shower is likely today
Sports: Cougar Softball hosts playoff game tonight…AC Baseball off to 0-2 start…Area well represented in NFL Draft, Panthers collect a lot of players, let’s hope they’re the right ones…Kyle Busch has happy birthday
Happy Birthday: Frankie Valli, Ron Popeil, Christopher Cross, Greg Gumbel, , Christopher Cross, Cheryl Burke, Eric Church
Would you take a stroll on this bridge ? https://apnews.com/article/europe-environment-and-nature-c85a892423abb723e024e23a3a0ba5ed
A fish tale https://apnews.com/article/detroit-fish-oddities-8ff8ec1d49d381c8549e03a9ec1f23c2
Suck it up Buttercup, it’s Monday for all of us
Quote of the Day: “How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”… Dr. Seuss