Tuesday, May 4th. Day
It’s Teacher Appreciation Day !
Happy Star Wars Day. I might be only person to have never watched any of the Star Wars films
1904: Construction of the Panama Canal begins
1932: Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion
1959: The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held
1970: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others during a Vietnam War protest
1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1989: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal
1998: A federal judge gives “Unabomber” Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty
In the News: 9 new cases of COVID-19 counted Monday in Alexander County…Taylorsville Town Board meets today…Registered sex-offender arrested in Alexander County…Two Taylorsville men facing felony drug charges…Hiddenite woman jailed…Hickory man arrested after walking along roadway armed with rifle…2-year old shot in Iredell County
Weather: Some clouds, maybe a shower. Daytime high around 80. Winds will gust again
Sports: AC Softball will open playoffs today at 5pm…Hickory Crawdads open season this evening at Greensboro…Canes have best record in NHL with 4 games left in regular season…Former Panther great is stepping away from staff
Happy Birthday: George F. Will, Pia Zadora, Randy Travis, Will Arnett, Dawn Staley, Erin Andrews, Lance Bass, Rory McIlroy
Bill and Melinda Gates are on the splits https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/03/bill-gates-and-melinda-gates-are-splitting-up.html
Tennessee toddler freed from being wedged in barrel https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-oddities-b7ed214dc54904335bb1fe3652e6bcc8
Pool owners, this is for you https://news.yahoo.com/chlorine-shortage-could-impact-millions-173457987.html
Quote of the Day: “Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves”…Horace Mann( Born this day in 1796)