Thursday, April 9th. Day 99 of 2026
it’s Mature Women’s Day. At What age does a woman become mature ?
1682: Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana
1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War
1945: National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games. Why would you decide to not wear them ?
1959: NASA announces the selection of the United States’ first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the “Mercury Seven”
1967: The Boeing 737 makes its maiden flight
1991: Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union
2020: The Federal Government reported that 6.6 million Americans had sought unemployment benefits in the previous week due to the COVID-19 pandemic
News: Alexander County Poultry Pperation damaged in Wednesday fireAlexander County Health Department to being appointment-only service on Friday…Taylorsville Town Board gets $5 million grant for sewer projects…Hit and run crash leads to vehicle chase and arrest on Wednesday afternoon…Deputies charge two Taylorsville men with breaking and entering and larceny…Taylorsville woman among three charged after break in report in Iredell County
Weather: Cold Start but we actually start to trend warmer this afternoon
Sports: Cougar Baseball dominates Easter Baseball Classic…OKC clinches Western Top Seed…NFL Draft begins two weeks from tonight…The Masters is underway, I’m betting on Bryson
Be on the lookout for vehicle with Gator strapped to roof https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/dead-alligator-on-car-420916
Happy Birthday: Michael Learned, Peter Gammons, Dennis Quaid, Joe Scarborough, Cynthia Nixon, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Leighton Meester, Kristen Stewart, Elle Fanning
Word of the Day: contrive [kuhn-trahy] to plan, to formulate ways to handle a situation. “The prisoners contrived a way to escape.”
Quote of the Day: “It’s a great time of the year… if you can stand it.”… Vin Scully