Thursday, April 16th. Day 106 of 2026
It’s Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day and National Librarian Day
Happy High Five Day !
1818: The Senate ratifies the Rush-Bagot amendment to form an unarmed U.S.-Canada border
1905: Andrew Carnegie donated $10 million to establish the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1929: The Cleveland Indians become the first Major League team to wear numbers on their jersey
1940: Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches a Perfect Game against the Chicago White Sox on opening day of the Major League Baseball Season
1961: Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism
1962: Walter Cronkite began anchoring “The CBS Evening News”
1999: Wayne Gretzky announced his retirement from the National Hockey League
2007: A gunman kills 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech University then takes his own life
2008: The Supreme Court rules that execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment
News: Town of Taylorsville asking water customer to conserve water…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office to hold auction of unclaimed property auction on Saturday…Statesville woman charged by Alexander County Deputies…Granite Falls man arrested on child sexual exploitation charges…Governor announces $25,000 reward in Wilkes County Cold Case
Weather: Hot, high near 90
Gunnar Johnson
Happy Birthday: Bobby Vinton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Belichick, Bruce Bochy, Ellen Barkin, Jon Cryer, Martin Lawrence, Sadie Sink
Word of the Day: gherkin [gur-kin] a small, immature fruit of a variety of cucumber, used in pickling. From German. “My uncle always took pride in his gherkin crop.”
Quote of the Day: “Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.”…Peter Unstinov (Born this day in 1921)