Good morning and happy Friday! Let’s get your day started before a weekend with some amazing weather on the way!
Fun Fact: Thursday night was the first round of the NFL Draft. Did you know, the odds of trying to guess the correct order of everyone drafted in the first round is 1 in 908,602,792,053,222,595,924,440,842,206.
On this day
In 1967, Muhammad Ali refuses to enroll in the army and is stripped of his boxing title.
In 2014, television host Craig Ferguson announces he is leaving ‘The Late, Late Show’.
In 2019, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ makes an estimated $1.2 billion on it’s release night, making it the first movie to make over one billion dollars on opening night.
National holidays
According to National Today, today is Take Your Kids to Work Day, National Kids and Pets Day, National Superhero Day, Stop Food Waste Day, Workers’ Memorial Day, National Bravehearts Day, National Blueberry Pie Day, and Great Poetry Reading Day.
Weather forecast from Environment Canada
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Salmon Arm
Vernon
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How cool is this that this Seattle Kraken rookie scored his first career NHL goal in his first career NHL game… in the playoffs?
TYE KARTYE SCORES IN HIS NHL DEBUT ‼️ pic.twitter.com/I19c3bAaoi
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 27, 2023
Celebrity birthdays
If your birthday is today, you share a birthday with actress Jessica Alba (42), actress Penelope Cruz (49), television host Jay Leno (73), actor Jorge Garcia (50), actress Bridget Moynahan (52), television personalities Drew and John Scott (45), and PGA golfer John Daly (57).
Have a great day and weekend everyone! Enjoy the nice weather!
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