Wednesday, May 12th. Day 132 of 2021
It’s Third Shift Workers’ Day…and night
Happy International Nurses Day and Receptionists Day
1780: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces
1932: Ten weeks after his abduction, Charles Jr., the infant son of Charles Lindbergh, is found dead near the Lindbergh home in New Jersey
1949: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin
1978: The National Hurricane Center announced they would no long use Women’s names exclusively to identify storms
2002: Former President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President to visit the island since Castro’s 1959 revolution
2008: An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people
In the News: Proposed county budget does not include property tax increase…Only two new cases of COVID-19 reported in county on Tuesday…Taylorsville man facing felony drug charge…Taylorsville woman jailed after resisting arrest…Two Conover men arrested on Alexander County larceny counts…Morganton man arrested for exposing himself at a church
Weather: Clouds and too cool for May. High in upper 50’s, maybe a shower
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball wins West Regional, headed to State Finals…AC Baseball at South Caldwell today…Bunker Hill Football coach steps down…Crawdads drop home opener…Braves can’t handle Toronto…Hornets go down
Happy Birthday: Burt Bacharach, Felipe Alou, Billy Swan, Steve Winwood, Bruce Boxleitner, George Karl, Ving Rhames, Emilio Estevez, Stephen Baldwin, Tony Hawk, Steve Smith
Woman blames robocallers in death of her mother
https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/investigations/robocalls/robocall-dangers/85-964d999b-24df-4fa0-a86c-a5c1efdff878
How many friends do you have ? https://dnyuz.com/2021/05/11/can-you-have-more-than-150-friends/
Is there anything that we’re not short of right now ? Common sense has long been tossed
Quote of the Day: “Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do”… Katharine Hepburn (Born this day in 1907)