Wednesday 12th. Day 102 of 2323
It’s Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day ! Something so easy, yet so good
Happy Walk on the Wild Side Day !
1861: Fort Sumter in South Carolina is attacked by rebels. The ill-advised attack begins the Civil War
1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office and Vice President Harry Truman is sworn in as 33rd US President
1954” Bill Haley and the Comets record “Rock Around Clock”
1955: Polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is proclaimed to be ‘safe and effective’ and is given full approval by the US Food and Drug Administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Salk
1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person to orbit
1999: President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving “intentionally false statements” in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit
2020: Huge storm system produces more than 40 tornadoes in the US from Texas to South Carolina killing 32 people across six states
In the News: Alexander County Building Inspections to be suspended Thursday and Friday…Taylorsville man arrested overnight, held without bond…Alexander County man jailed yet again…Crackdown at Statesville Park
Weather: Sunshine, High around 76 !
Sports: Cougar Baseball humiliates Hickory, will play for title tonight against Newton Conover…Rays are 11-0…Braves win…Canes get must win…NBA Play-In games begin…Mel Kiper says Panthers will draft Bryce Young
Happy Birthday: Herbie Hancock, Ed O’Neill, David Letterman, Scott Turow, Andy Garcia, Vince Gill, Shannen Doherty, Claire Danes
70 percent of Americans say they’re stressed about their finances https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/70percent-of-americans-feel-financially-stressed-new-cnbc-survey-finds.html
Word of the Day: cakeage [ key-kij ] A fee charged by a restaurant for serving a cake brought in from outside, Cakeage is modeled on corkage, which is a fee charged when patrons bring their own wine or liquor to a restaurant
Quote of the Day: The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity”…Henry Clay (Born this day in 1777)