Thursday, June 2nd. Day 153 of 2022
It’s Rotisserie Chicken Day. Good stuff…
Keep an eye on the back exit, it’s Leave the Office Early Day !
1835: P. T. Barnum and his circus start their first tour of the United States
1896: Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph
1924: President Coolidge signs the Indian Citizenship Act into law, granting citizenship to all Native Americans born within the territorial limits of the United States
1928: The Kraft Company introduces Velveeta cheese
1979: Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist nation
1997: In Denver, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, in which 168 people died. He was executed four years later
2012: Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the killing of demonstrators during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
In the News: Conover man in custody after shooting incident overnight…Stony Point woman facing charges in Iredell County…Conover man wanted for murder of wife remains at large…Lenoir man arrested on fugitive warrants from Maine…Missing teen from Lincoln County found safe
Weather: A Few clouds arrive, high around 90
Sports: Lots of Summer Athletic Camps for the kids at Alexander Central…The Panther deal with Rock Hill for new practice facility is officially dead…Rangers take game I…NBA Finals begins tonight…Braves beat MadBum
Happy Birthday: Sally Kellerman, Stacy Keach, Charlie Watts, Jerry Mathers, Craig Stadler, Dennis Haysbert, Dana Carvey, Kyle Petty, Nikki Cox, Abby Wambach
The man who shot Reagan is about to be free https://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-hinckley-jr-unconditional-release-june-15-ronald-reagan-shooter/
Has NASA found Hell ? https://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-2682561
Quote of the Day: “The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it”… Marvin Hamlisch (Born this day in 1944)