It is Wednesday MAY 27th, Let’s start the podcast!
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1647: Alse Young became the first person executed as a witch in America when she was hanged in Hartford, Connecticut.
• 1930: The 1,046 feet tall Chrysler Building in New York — the tallest man-made structure at the time — opened to the public.
• 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, opened.
• 1939: DC Comics published its second superhero in Detective Comics #27 — Batman.
• 1995: In Charlottesville, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
• 2009: An absent-minded Japanese doctor forgot about a patient and went home for lunch. The doctor had anesthetized an elderly patient so he could carry out a check up and left her to recover while he went home to his nearby apartment for a quick bite to eat. But the old woman woke up in an empty and locked doctor’s office and had to call police for help.
• 2013: The largest flag ever made — at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread — was unveiled in Romania.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Senior Health & Fitness Day
• Sunscreen Day
• World Otter Day
• Italian Beef Day
• Grape Popsicle Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
25,000: Women who cancel their wedding each year in the U.S.
NEWS ATTACK!
- A survey of teachers finds at least 20 percent are worried about their health when schools reopen this fall.
- Walt Disney World is presenting its plans today for reopening.
- Researchers have come up with a list of the top fifty songs that will put you in a good mood. I don’t have that list so suck it!
- In 2021 a new automaker will release a new all-electric pickup called The Endurance.
- Google recently had a problem with short outages after a fiber cable fell to the ground and was occasionally stepped on by a cow.
- Harry Potter author JK Rowling has written a new children’s book she says is a “stand-alone fairy tale.”
- A new survey finds more Americans prefer their burgers well done. The most popular topping is cheese. Ketchup is the most popular condiment.
- A Florida woman was arrested for “spitting on groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic,” according to police who say the suspect also threatened to beat up customers at a supermarket.
- Jack Rico is only 13, but he now has four associate’s degrees from Fullerton College in California and will be continuing his education at the University of Nevada on a full scholarship.
- Denmark will start allowing people from neighboring nations to cross the border to visit their boyfriends or girlfriends.
What’s the weirdest thing your family does that you’ve always thought was normal?
Water Cooler Question
In a typical year around 450,000 Americans finish one of these. (A marathon)
