Thursday, April 10th. Day 100 of 2025
It’s Golfers Day and Day One of The Masters
Happy Work From Home Day ! It where it happens for me
1790: The U.S. Patent System was established when President George Washington signed the Patent Act into law
1849: Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100
1912: The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England
1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby”
1961: Gary Player of South Africa became the first foreign golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament
1970: Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles
2012: Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world
2018: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security. Pretty much every word he said was false, misleading or not completely forthcoming
In the News: Is Todd Herms still the Alexander County Manager, nobody is willing to go on the record…Hickory man stabbed to death….Registered Sex-Offender from Taylorsville back in custody…Stony Point Man sent to prison…Stony Point woman ordered to jail by court order…Hiddenite man gets jail time
Weather: Clouds and Showers today
Sports: AC Softball wins in dramatic fashion…Former Alexander Central assistant basketball coach steps down as coach a Lake Norman. Is he headed back to ACHS ?…Braves can’t make it two-in-a-row…Canes need a win tonight in DC…The Masters begins today. I’ll take Rory to win
Happy Birthday: Steven Seagal, Juan Williams, Mel Blount, Babyface, Steve Bisciotti, Mandy Moore, Haley Joel Osment
Thanks Sis https://www.yahoo.com/news/born-sister-womb-uk-first-125445988.html
Word of the Day: younker [ yuhng-ker ] A youngster , a child. From Dutch and German meaning young. “Often I try to think back on may days as a younker”
Quote of the Day: “If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn’t what you watch on TV.”… Val Kilmer