Wednesday, May 19th. Day 139 of 2021
It’s Turn Beauty Inside Out Day. Show the beauty within !
1536: Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest
1848: Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day states to the United States for US$15 million
1921: Congress passes the Emergency Quota Act establishing national quotas on immigration
1962: Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of “Happy Birthday” for President Kennedy. The event was a fund-raiser at New York’s Madison Square Garden
1974: Erno Rubik invented the puzzle what would later become known as the Rubik’s Cube
2018: The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is held
In the News: Almost 28 percent of Alexander County citizens are fully vaccinated…Taylorsville woman facing child abuse and felony drug charges…Alexander County woman jailed for second time in less than a week…Taylorsville Police charge man with solicitation for prostitution…Newton woman shot last week is recovering…Man and woman charged with robbing Statesville convenience store
Weather: Sunshine takes over, temps start to climb today
Sports: Cougar Baseball loses to Watauga…JV’s get win…Hornets are one and DONE…Canes back on the ice tonight…A No-No in the majors overnight, the 5th of the season…Mike Trout out…Former Wake Forest coach charged with extortion
Happy Birthday: David Hartman, Pete Townshend, Dusty Hill, Archie Manning, Bill Laimbeer, Kevin Garnett
Actor Charles Grodin has died https://apnews.com/article/charles-grodin-entertainment-arts-and-entertainment-c3764020a1744ce2918f7be3e99a8ea9
This somewhat explains those spots on my car https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/18/world-is-home-to-50bn-birds-breakthrough-citizen-science-research-estimates
I think I’ll pass on this one https://apnews.com/article/australia-fd45109d627b01cb9270ad740535cb32
Quote of the Day: “If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‘President Can’t Swim”… Lyndon B. Johnson