April 14th is the 104th day of the year. There are 261 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is National Reach As High As You Can Day, Look Up At The Sky Day, Bon Jovi Day (New Jersey), National Pecan Day, National Gardening Day, National Dolphin Day, International Moment of Laughter Day, National Ex Spouse Day, National Grits Day and National Bracelet Day

— On this date in 1828, The Webster’s Dictionary was first published

— On this date in 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth in the Ford Theatre. He died on April 15th.

— On this date in 1902, The first J.C. Penney Store opened

— On this date in 1912, the Titanic began to sink after it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm. The ship sank the following morning with the loss of 1,517 lives.

— On this date in 1983, The first cordless telephone, capable of operating up to 600 feet from its base, was introduced by Fidelity and British Telecom

— On this date in 2013, Justin Bieber went to the Anne Frank Museum and wrote the following in a guestbook: “Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.”

— On this date in 2018, Dire Straits is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but with Mark Knopfler skipping the ceremony, nobody inducts them and they do not perform.

THINGS U NEED 2 NO:

Here are this past weekend’s box office results.
1. “A Minecraft Movie,” $80.6 million.
2. “The King of Kings,” $19.1 million.
3. “The Amateur,” $15 million. (The film cost $60 million to produce. It earned $17.2 million overseas for a total worldwide weekend take of $32.2 million)

Planet Fitness is offering both members and non-members free HydroMassages until April 19th. The offer aims to help people relax and rejuvenate during the stressful tax season

Jet Jet-Puffed wants people to save money by dyeing MARSHMALLOWS for Easter instead of eggs.  They sold special dye kits at Walmart.com this weekend, and they immediately sold out. 

Be careful what you share with ChatGPT these days:  They’ve improved its memory, so it can remember everything you say. 

In a survey, 90% of Americans say they regularly use abbreviations in their daily messages.  But a study found that making texts too short makes people feel like they’re being “brushed off.” 

Do you struggle with computers?  A new study says that the reason could be a lack of USER INTELLIGENCE . . . not just a lack of training.

Warner Bros is working on “Beetlejuice 3”.  Michael Keaton seems keen to reprise his role, saying, “Oh yeah, I’d do it every year, yeah.”

Warner Bros. is planning to remake “The Bodyguard”. No cast has been chosen yet, but the original made over $411 million worldwide.