Tuesday, April 16th. Day 107 of 2024
It’s Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day !
1818: The Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border
1905: Andrew Carnegie donated $10,000,000 to establish the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1940: Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches a Perfect Game against the Chicago White Sox on opening day of the Major League Baseball Season
1961: Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism
1962: Walter Cronkite began anchoring “The CBS Evening News”
1999: Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League
2007: A gunman kills 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech University then takes his own life
In the News: Taylorsville man killed in Hickory crash over the weekend…Fatal crash in Wilkes County on Monday…Man missing in Caldwell County…Plane make “Belly Landing” at Statesville Airport…NC Attorney General visits Alexander Central High on Monday…Taylorsville man facing felony drug charges…Hiddenite man in possession of fentanyl arrested after traffic stop…Hickory man charged with firing shots during assault overnight
Weather: Sunshine mixed with clouds. High of 84
Sports: Cougar Softball rolls over Ashe County…AC Baseball drops tough one on Monday…Patton High names new Football Coach…Braves beat Houston…NFL Draft next week and get ready for some trades…Guess who was taken #1 in WNBA Draft last night ?
Happy Birthday: Bobby Vinton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Belichick, Ellen Barkin, Jon Cryer, Martin Lawrence, Bruce Bochy
Yet another poll says we just don’t get enough sleep https://news.gallup.com/poll/642704/americans-sleeping-less-stressed.aspx
The latest on New York City’s never ending Rat Problem https://www.yahoo.com/news/war-rats-could-birth-control-050045495.html
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Quote of the Day: “Orville is a screw-up”… Wilbur Wright (Born this day in 1867)