Wednesday, April 20th. Day 120 of 2022
It’s Administrative Professionals Day. I’m old enough to remember when they were secretaries
Happy Banana Day ! You’ve probably been peeling a Banana wrong, here’s how to do it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8svUCSuMS4
1775: The Siege of Boston begins, following the battles at Lexington and Concord
1902: Pierre and Marie Curie isolate the radioactive element Radium
1912: Fenway Park in Boston host it’s first Red Sox game
1916: Wrigley Field hosts it’s first Chicago Cubs game. It’s was then called Weeghman Park
1971: The Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools
1999: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill 13 people and injure 24 others before committing suicide at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado
2010: The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last six months
In the News: Alexander County woman listed as missing…County Commissioners establish new regulations for county owned parks….Taylorsville woman arrested for meth possession…Hickory man charged with rape…Statesville man charged with torching four Highway Patrol cars
Weather: Sunshine after cold start we go the mid 60’s
Sports: Cougars roll in Tournament opener and had Coach Hardee his 100th win at ACHS…Braves drop the Dodgers…Panthers say no to Rock Hill (for now)…Duke player says “Show me the money”…
Happy Birthday: George Takei, Ryan O’Neal, Doyle Lawson, Steve Spurrier, Jessica Lange, Don Mattingly, Carmen Electra, Luke Kuechly
RockyFest is Saturday !!! https://alexandercountync.gov/rockyfest-2022-set-for-saturday-april-23-at-rocky-face-park/
Big gator halts Golfers https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/04/19/alligator-Stoneybrook-Golf-Club-Estero-Florida/1971650401290/
Quote of the Day: “Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them”…Robert Wilson Lynd (Born this day in 1879)