Monday, May 5th. Day 125 of 2025
Happy Cinco De Mayo
1847: The American Medical Association organized in Philadelphia
1891: Carnegie Hall opens in New York City
1921: Perfume Chanel No. 5 is released by fashion designer Coco Chanel
1961: Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space aboard Freedom 7
1973: Secretariat wins The Kentucky Derby in a still record-time
1978: Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
1986: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation announces Cleveland as the site of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum
1997: The final episode of “Married with Children” airs on Fox TV
2023: The World Health Organization declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic
In the News: Alexander County Commissioners meet this evening…Mayor and Board member in Town of Ronda step down…Grand Jury in Ashe County decline to press charges against officers…Iredell Memorial Hospital earns A grade…Taylorsville Registered Sex-Offender make court appearance today…Hiddenite man facing charges…
Weather: Sunny and 73
Sports: AC Softball loses in Conference Tournament Championship and await State Playoff seeding today…AC Women\s Soccer at Hibriten today…Cougar Football begins Spring Practice on Monday…Canes begin Round II Tuesday night in DC…Scheffler destroys filed for win…Lagano wins in Texas…Dodgers lose Sunday night but still have best record in Baseball
Happy Birthday: Pat Carroll, John Rhys-Davies, Kurt Loder, Brian Williams, Adele, Chris Brown, Aryna Sabalenka
Nut Allergy takes Tirico out of Derby https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-derby-churchill-downs-mike-tirico-b4fd0df85f278fa6bfd9e64801dacad0
Word of the Day: furlong [ fur-lawng ] A unit of distance equal to 220 yards or ⅛ mile. Often used in horse racing. Furlong was originally defined less precisely as the length of a furrow—a trench in the earth made by a plow—in a cultivated field. From English. “The great horse ran away in the last furlong and won”
Quote of the Day: “The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing”… Albert Einstein