Friday, May 29th. Day 149 of 2026
It’s Alligator Day
1721: South Carolina was formally incorporated as a royal colony
1790: Rhode Island became the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution
1888: The first Belk store opened in Monore, NC
1922: The Supreme Court ruled that organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws
1953: Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay became first men to reach the top of Mount Everest
1974: President Nixon agreed to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts
2001: Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted of a global conspiracy to murder Americans. The crimes included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people
2004: The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C
2025: Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan declare states of emergency due to expanding wildfires; over 160 fires had burned at least 1.56 million acres and resulted in evacuation of more than 18,000 people
News: Taylorsville man charged with neglect of disabled or elderly person…Alexander County Deputies charge man in alleged meth trafficking conspiracy…Taylorsville man jailed this morning by Hickory Police…Stony Point man back in custody…America 250 event set for tonight at Rocky Face Park
Weather: Sunny and 82 today
Sports: South Caldwell Softball and Baseball play for State Titles this weekend…North Lincoln wins 2nd straight 5A Baseball Championship…NCAA Baseball Tournament begins today…Canes can punch ticket to Stanly Cup Finals with a win tonight in Raleigh…Spurs force Game VII…Braves beat the BoSox…NASCAR in Nashville
Happy Birthday: John Hinckley Jr. La Toya Jackson, Annette Bening, Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Welchel, Carmelo Anthony, Austin Reaves, Puka Nacua, Paul Skenes
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Word of the Day: mercurial [mer-kyoor-ee-uhl] changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic, animated; lively; sprightly; quick-witted, pertaining to, containing, or caused by the metal mercury. From Latin mercuriālis “of or pertaining to the god or planet Mercury.” ‘The mercurial superstar has faced a number of public and legal dramas.”
Quote of the Day: “I love to go to Washington – if only to be near my money.”… Bob Hope (Born this day in 1903)