Thursday, April 15th. Day 105 of 2021
Happy High Five Day ! The High Five was purportedly invented by Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1977. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_five
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
2013: Two bombs explode near the finish line at the Boston Marathon , killing three people and injuring 264 others
In the News: Alexander County COVID cases climb by 9 on Wednesday…Taylorsville Savings Bank celebrates 100 years today…Two Burke County Schools placed on lock down Wednesday, suspect remains at large…Taylorsville man facing felony charges…
Weather: Clouds to start, clearing and cooler
Sports: Coach Carter says Cougars are peaking at the right time and plan to win Friday night…The Alexander Central Cougar now has a name…Former NC State pitches hurls a No-No…Braves lose again…Red Sox have won 8 in a row…Wes Miller named coach at Cincinnati…Wounded Hornets lose again
Happy Birthday: Heloise, Evelyn Ashford, Emma Thompson, Dara Torres, Chris Stapleton, Seth Rogen, Emma Watson
So, this is what women are doing when they’re late https://www.studyfinds.org/women-pop-pimples-pandemic-making-worse/
Brad Pitt has medical procedure https://pagesix.com/2021/04/14/brad-pitt-leaves-medical-center-in-a-wheelchair-post-dentist/?_ga=2.47824548.285510990.1618479343-1214514949.1573077424
Nice to NOT be angry this morning, I’m traditionally miffed on April 15th because it’s normally Tax Deadline Day and I have to submit extortion money to the Federal and State Governments
Quote of the Day: “It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues” Abraham Lincoln (Died this day in 1865)