Tuesday, April 9th. Day 100 of 2024
It’s Be Kind to Lawyers Day ! Tough sell
Happy Unicorn Day ! Saw one while on a Snipe hunt
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 first 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
In the News: Taylorsville man charged after two explosive devices found in home near church…Taylorsville woman arrested on felony charges…Wilkes County man charged with statutory rape…Statesville man jailed on Federal Firearms charges…Taylorsville Town Board meets today…
Weather: Clouds and Showers by this afternoon
Sports: Busy Day for Cougar Athletics…UCONN does it again…The Caitlin Clark impact still being felt in not only Women’s Hoops but all of College Athletics…Braves lose to Mets…Yanks and Pirates stay hot…Canes play in Boston tonight…Masters begins Thursday
Happy Birthday: Michael Learned, Peter Gammons, Dennis Quaid, Joe Scarborough, Cynthia Nixon, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Leighton Meester, Kristen Stewart
$1.3 million Powerball winner comes forward in Oregon https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/person-comes-forward-claim-1-004241162.html
Word of the Day: subterfuge [suhb-ter-fyooj ] A deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade. Subterfuge is a synonym of deception, fraud, double-dealing, and trickery. Sentence: A politician’s answer to a question is more often than not subterfuge.
Quote of the Day: “Players who keep hitting fairways are boring”… Seve Ballesteros (Born this day in 1957)