Tuesday, May 31st. Day 151 of 2022
It’s No Tobacco Day
Happy National Smile Day !
1775: The Mecklenburg Resolves are adopted in the Province of North Carolina
1889: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1911: The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1955: The U.S. Supreme Court expands on its Brown v. Board of Education decision by ordering district courts and school districts to enforce educational desegregation “at all deliberate speed”
1977: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System is completed
2003: Eric Rudolph is captured in western North Carolina. He was wanted for a number of terror attacks including the 1996 Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta
2005: Vanity Fair magazine reveals that former FBI agent Mark Felt was “Deep Throat” He supplied information to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward during the Watergate investigation
In the News: Man jailed after Alexander County vehicle chase…Taylorsville man facing charges in Catawba County…Hiddenite man being held without bond…Two charged with animal cruelty in Caldwell County
Weather: Tons of Sun, high around 92
Sports: Caldwell Community College still alive in Div III World Series…Heels, Deacs, ECU, Campbell and UNCG in NCAA Baseball playoffs but NC State gets a snub…Canes go down hard in Game VII…NBA Finals begin Thursday…Braves have meltdown in desert
Happy Birthday: Clint Eastwood, Joe Namath, Sharon Gless, Tom Berenger, Jim Craig, Lea Thompson, Corey Hart, Brooke Shields, Dave Roberts, Colin Farrell
Top Gun rakes it in over weekend https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/top-gun-maverick-memorial-day-box-office-tom-cruise-movie
Historic house in Jacksonville for sale
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-travel-florida-jacksonville-073fffb20bf4014c268036116ba56584
Quote of the Day: “Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that”…Norman Vincent Peale (Born this day in 1898)