Thursday, May 4th. Day 124 of 2023
It’s Star Wars Day
Happy Orange Juice Day !
1904: Construction of the Panama Canal begins
1932: Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion
1953: Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea
1959: The 1st Grammy Awards are held
1970: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others during a Vietnam War protest
1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1989: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal
1998: A federal judge gives “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty
In the News: Abatement ordered for two mobile home parks in Taylorsville…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office searching for Hickory man…Florida man facing child-sex crimes in Taylorsville…Stony Point man facing felony drug charges…”We’re living in a war zone” according to resident after four shooting this week in Statesville
Weather: Wind backs off. Sunshine with a high around 70
Sports: Cougar Baseball plays for Conference Tournament title tonight…AC Softball in semi-finals…Not so fast, NC High Schools Athletes might not be allowed to be paid after action state lawmakers…Canes dump the Devils…
Happy Birthday: George F. Will, Pia Zadora, Randy Travis, Will Arnett, Dawn Staley, Erin Andrews, Lance Bass, Rory McIlroy
Did the Bud Light fiasco teach them anything ? https://nypost.com/2023/05/03/us-navy-appointed-active-duty-drag-queen-as-ambassador/
Word of the Day: telekinesis [ tel-i-ki-nee-sis ] The purported ability to move or inanimate objects through mental processes
Quote of the Day: “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible”…Audrey Hepburn (Born this day in 1929)