Friday March 20th. Day 79 of 2026
Happy First Day of Spring !
1760: The great fire of Boston destroyed 349 buildings
1852: Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” subtitled “Life Among the Lowly,” was first published
1899: At Sing Sing prison, Martha M. Place became the first woman to be executed in the electric chair. She was put to death for the murder of her stepdaughter
1930: “KFC” [Kentucky Fried Chicken] is founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in North Corbin, Kentucky
1987: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved AZT. The drug was proven to slow the progress of AIDS
2015: A Solar eclipse, equinox, and a supermoon all occur on the same day
2019: The Walt Disney Company acquires Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox entertainment business for $71 billion
2020: After 20 years with the New England Patriots, quarterback Tom Brady officially agrees to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
News: Four teens charged after man is robbed at gunpoint in
Stony Point…Hiddenite woman facing felony weapons charge…Wilkes County man arrested after falling through ceiling…Parents and students attend information session for proposed new Alexander County STEM School…Three Alexander County Students get Governor’s School invitation
Weather: Some Clouds with a high around 72
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball shocked in Marion…AC Baseball mauls McDowell…Cougar Tennis blanks Freedom…Duke escapes a disaster…UNC creates their own disaster…High Point takes down the Big 10 Badgers…Hornets win again…NASCAR in Darlington
Happy Birthday: Pat Riley, Bobby Orr, Spike Lee, Holly Hunter, Kathy Ireland, Tracy Chapman, Michael Rapaport, William Hurt, Bianca Lawson
Word of the Day: incommunicado [in-kuh-myoo-ni-kah-doh] deprived of any communication with others. From French and Spanish. “The prisoner was held incommunicado until after a court appearance.”
Quote of the Day: “Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”… Rainer Maria Rilke