Thursday, April 3rd. Day 93 of 2025
It’s Tweed Day and Happy Burrito Day
1513: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon landed in Florida. He had sighted the land the day before
1865: Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia
1882: The outlaw Jesse James was shot in the back and killed by Robert Ford for a $5,000 reward
1936: Richard Bruno Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and death of the son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh
1953: “TV Guide” was published for the first time
1968: Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “mountaintop” speech just 24 hours before he was assassinated
1996: Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski was arrested. He would plead guilty in January 1998 to five bombings in exchange for a life sentence without chance for parole
2010: The first Apple iPad was released
In the News: Woman killed in Morganton housefire…Wilkes County man gets prison time for 2023 fatal crash…Caldwell County school bus has accident…Taylorsville man arrested for failure to appear and then busted for drugs on jail premises…Hiddenite man arrested for felony probation violations…Woman charged in Catawba County for murder of 4-year-old has bond reduction denied…
Weather: Showers
Sports: Cougar Softball wins a tough one over Bunker Hill…AC Baseball wallops Wilkes Central…Canes dominates Caps and clinch post season…Braves are 0-7…Dodgers are 8-0…Padres win first 7…Women’s Final Four tips Friday night in Tampa….Men go in San Antonio Saturday evening…Hornets play, Hornets lose
Happy Birthday: Jane Goodall, Marsha Mason, Wayne Newton, Tony Orlando, Alec Baldwin, David Hyde Pierce, Eddie Murphy, Jennie Garth, Paris Jackson
Oliver Stone asks Congress to reopen the JFK investigation https://www.yahoo.com/news/oliver-stone-calls-congress-reopen-215858915.html
Man sets World’s Record for Pull-Ups https://sports.yahoo.com/article/man-does-10-001-pull-201644959.html
Word of the Day; motif [ moh-teef ] A recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work. A distinctive and recurring form, shape, figure, etc., a dominant idea or feature. From French meaning motive, “Her decorating motif is always something to be enjoyed”
Quote of the Day: “I’m intimidated by the fear of being average”… Taylor Swift