Thursday April 2nd. Day 92 of 2026
It’s Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Day
Happy Burrito Day !
1792: The Coinage Act establishes the United States Mint
1889: Charles Hall gets a patent for Aluminum
1935: Sir Winston-Watt receives a patent for RADAR
1917: President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany in WWI
1974: “The Sting” is named best picture at the Oscars. One of my all time favorites
1978: The first episode of “Dallas” airs on CBS
1992: New York Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison
1995: The Major League Baseball strike ends
2014: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that limits on the total amount of money individuals can give political candidates and political action committees were unconstitutional
2020: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 reaches 1 million in the USA
2021: A Capitol Police officer is killed and another injured when an attacker rams his car into a barricade outside the United States Capitol
News: North Iredell Students being hailed as heroes after alerting authorities about armed student heading to ACHS…Drowning in Catawba County…Explosion and fire at home in Claremont…Man jailed in Alexander County…Burke County man challenges Deputies to gunfight but decides against it
Weather: Sunny and 82
Sports: Cougar Baseball drops game at Lake Norman…AC Baseball, Softball and Women’s Soccer host St Stephens today…Sale fights sickness to beat A’s…Cleveland downs the Dodgers…NFL Draft begins three weeks from tonight
Happy Birthday: Linda Hunt, Emmylou Harris, Camille Paglia, Daniel Okrent, Billy Dean, Shane Lowry , Austin Riley
Artemis II in detail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
Alice Cooper takes a bride https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/rock-icon-alice-cooper-marries-again-after-50-years-of-bliss-in-lavish-arizona-wedding-exclusive-photos/ar-AA1ZHy0u?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=69ce36c34e1e404c8f1e3cb37fa12e58&ei=18
Word of the Day: discus [dis-kuhs] a circular disk more than 7 inches in diameter and 2.2 pounds in weight, usually wooden with a metal rim and thicker in the center than at the edge, for throwing for distance in athletic competition, sport of throwing this disk for distance. (originally) a circular stone or plate used in throwing competitions by the ancient Greeks. “Next up, the discus competition.”
Quote of the Day: “If everything isn’t black and white, I say, ‘Why the hell not?”… John Wayne