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Richard C Gilbert’s Wednesday Blog

May 4, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Wednesday, May 4th. Day 124 of 2022

Happy Star Wars Day !

1904: Construction of the Panama Canal begins

1932: Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion

1953: Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea

1959: The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held

1970: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others during a Vietnam War protest

1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1989: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges; the convictions are later overturned on appeal

In the News: Drowning on Lake Lookout on Tuesday…County names new DSS Director…Whisnant and Cronk awarded Keys to the County…Sales tax is up in Alexander County…Early Voting continues…Stony Point woman jailed…North Wilkesboro man charged with attempted murder…Hickory man arrested for attempted armed robbery…Fatal crash reported overnight on Highway 321 bridge that borders Catawba and Caldwell

Weather: Sun to start, clouds develop this afternoon

Sports: Cougar Baseball beats Freedom to advance to Tournament Championship…AC Women’s Soccer beat Ashe County 5-0…Cougar Golf places 5th in West Regional…Lady Cougar Softball host Tournament Semifinals today in Taylorsville…Two AC Women Basketball players sign to play in college…Boston and Memphis pull even…Canes host Bruins tonight…Mets take the broom to the Braves…Yankee win streak reaches 11

Happy Birthday: George F. Will, Pia Zadora, Randy Travis, Will Arnett, Dawn Staley, Erin Andrews, Lance Bass, Rory McIlroy

I hate to be a Buzz Kill but it’s not good https://www.wsj.com/articles/stocks-and-bonds-are-falling-in-lockstep-at-pace-unseen-in-decades-11651551170

Strange weather in May https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/snow-makes-nebraska-look-like-middle-of-winter-in-may/1181510

Quote of the Day: “Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible”…Audrey Hepburn (Born this day in 1929)

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