Richard C Gilbert’s Tax Day Blog
It’s Tax Deadline Day. I guess it has to be someday
It’s American Sign Language Day, and Glazed Spiral Ham Day too
1850: The city of San Francisco was incorporated
1865: President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth
1912: The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive
1947: Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers
1955: McDonald’s dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois on this day
1971: The motion picture “Patton” wins Best Picture and George C Scott Best Actor at the Academy Awards
2019: The cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris is seriously damaged by a large fire
2013: Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon , killing three people and injuring 264 others
In the News: Bethlehem doctor now facing list of additional charges and has surrendered his medical license…Taylorsville man charged Monday with child pornography related offenses…Statesville man arrested after disturbance at Alexander County Fairgrounds on Saturday…Granite Falls man facing charges in Alexander County…Statesville suspect nabbed on significant drug counts
Weather: Clouds to start. Sunshine takes over, not as warm and VERY WINDY
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball wins 20th game of season…AC Men’s Tennis beats Freedom…Cougar Baseball falls to South Caldwell…Bueckers goes #1 in WNBA Draft…The infamous NBA Plat-In games begins tonight…Braves win north of the border…Padres have best record in Baseball…Lots of eyeballs on Rory on Sunday confirmed by TV Ratings
Happy Birthday: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason , Heloise, Evelyn Ashford, Emma Thompson, Dara Torres, Chris Stapleton, Seth Rogen, Emma Watson, Maisie Williams
Think about this the next time you yawn https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/diseases-and-conditions/ar-AA1CSyuh
It’s the Shoes ! https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/crocs-crash-claim-185602
Word of the Day: slipshod [ slip-shod ] careless, untidy, or slovenly. Seedy or shabby. “Over the years the company has operated in a slipshod manner”
Quote of the Day: “The man who invented the hamburger was smart; man who invented the cheeseburger was a genius”… Matthew McConaughey