Thursday, May 27th. Day 147 of 2021
It’s Sun Screen Day
1933: The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs
1937: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic
1950: Frank Sinatra made his TV debut on NBC’s “Star-Spangled Review.”
1968: Major League Baseball announces that expansion franchises were granted to San Diego and Montreal
1969: Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida
1998: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the Oklahoma City Bombing attack
In the News: Series of Administrative changes announced in Alexander County Schools…County Offices and Taylorsville Town Hall will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday…Wilkesboro Police investigating two deaths…Newton woman arrested in Alexander County…Woman facing long list of charges
Weather: Sunny and Steamy today, high in upper 80’s
Sports: AC Women’s Tennis gets win…Bryzkcy gets start in Greensboro…McDowell’s Women’s Hoop coach steps down…Canes try to win series tonight in Music City…Braves lose a game and a player
Happy Birthday: Henry Kissinger, Lee Meriwether, Louis Gossett Jr, Peri Gilpin, Jeff Bagwell, Frank Thomas, Chris Colfer
Amazon making big purchase https://apnews.com/article/amazon-mgm-deal-6c8df317d3088280161f38d29fe7ab37
They’re Creek Kin https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/26/entertainment/matthew-perry-courteney-cox-related-scli-intl/index.html
Quote of the Day: “You have undertaken to cheat me. I won’t sue you, for the law is too slow. I’ll ruin you”… Cornelius Vanderbilt (Born this day in 1794)