Tuesday, April 20th. Day 110 of 2021
1775: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord
1902: Pierre and Marie Curie isolate the radioactive element Radium
1912: Fenway Park in Boston host it’s first Red Sox game
1916: Wrigley Field hosts it’s first Chicago Cubs game. It’s was then called Weeghman Park
1971: The Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools
1999: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado
2010: The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months
In the News: Almost 30 new cases of COVID-19 counted over weekend in Alexander County…County citizens are being slow to transition to new Medicare Managed Plan…Statesville man killed in ATV mishap…Taylorsville man charged with knife assault…Hickory man arrested Monday, charged with rape of child
Weather: Sunny, high near 70, breeze picks up this afternoon
Sports: Cougar Softball hammers Hickory…Panthers begins off-season workouts…Hornets are close to getting Lemello back…Canes fall on the road…Braves at Yankees tonight
Happy Birthday: George Takei, Ryan O’Neal, Steve Spurrier, Jessica Lange, Don Mattingly, Carmen Electra, Luke Kuechly
Walter Mondale has passed https://www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-mondale-died-former-vice-president-jimmy-carter-age-93-cause-of-death-natural-2021-04-19/
If you don’t think people in California are nuts, explain how Maxine Waters keeps getting re-elected to congress…… Well, I’m waiting
Vermont city bans leaf blowers https://apnews.com/article/business-burlington-vermont-air-pollution-pollution-8665545f2c020f025b0b474c1089b560
Has anyone noticed the Pollen ?
Quote of the Day: “What good fortune for governments that the people do not think”… Adolf Hitler (Born this day in 1889)