Thursday, March 31st, Day 90 of 2021
It’s Manatee Appreciation Day. I suppose their moms think they’re cute
Today is Crayola Crayon Day ! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/crayola-crayon-day/
1889: The Eiffel Tower is officially opened in Paris
1906: The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports
1932: Ford introduces the V-8 engine
1949: Newfoundland becomes the 10th Province of Canada
1975: John Wooden coaches his final game at UCLA. The Bruins beat Kentucky to win his 11th National Championship in College Basketball
1992: The USSÂ Missouri, the last active United States Navy battleship, is decommissioned
In the News: Today is deadline to pay delinquent county and city tax bills…Sheriff’s Office gets two new K-9 officers…Claremont man facing Alexander County drug charges…Granite Falls woman arrested in Alexander County…Two Taylorsville women charged…Four charged in Statesville in connection to abduction of juvenile
Weather: Showers, maybe a thunderstorm. Warm today but turning much cooler Thursday
Sports: West wallops East in the Apple Bowl…Cougar Softball romps over Watauga…AC Golf Teams get wins…JV Football game at Hickory moved up to 4:30 kick this afternoon…Can the Zags lose ? Hornets win…Canes lose
Happy Birthday: Shirley Jones, Herb Alpert, Christopher Walken, Gabe Kaplan, Al Gore, Rhea Perlman, Ewan McGregor, Samantha Brown
Biden’s dog bites again https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/30/politics/major-biden-dog-white-house/index.html
Watergate mastermind dies at 90 https://apnews.com/article/richard-nixon-g-gordon-liddy-coronavirus-pandemic-think-tanks-conspiracy-d64dac896ea0c73e19079b19e171cf21
Here’s your warning, tomorrow is April Fools Day !
Quote of the Day “I do not write often now – not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?” Mary Boykin Chesnut (Born this day in 1823)