Friday, April 25. Day 115 of 2025
It’s Penguin Day, Arbor Day and Hug A Plumber Day,!
1719: Daniel Defoe publishes “Robinson Crusoe”, regarded as the 1st English novel
1859: Ground is broken for Suez Canal
1953: Francis Crick and James Watson publish “Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid” describing the double helix structure of DNA
1959: The St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic and the Great Lakes opens to shipping
1960: 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by USS submarine Triton. It took 60 days
1974: The NFL moves goal posts from the goal line to the end line
1983: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war
2014: The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city’s water supply to the Flint River, leading to lead and bacteria contamination upon the citizens
In the News: Did you hear the one about an citizen asking a County Commissioner for the time and getting a “no comment”…Wilson Creek Area of Caldwell County still under recovery from Hurricane Helene…Taylorsville couple charged with felony larceny…Taylorsville man arrested on felony drug charge in hickory…Taylorssville man busted on outstanding warrants
Weather: Clouds Friday. Sunshine returns by mid morning on Saturday
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball plays in Charlotte today. They have #1 seed in next week’s conference tourney…Panthers reach in Round I, why do I smell David Tepper on their pick?…Canes up 2-0 at New Jersey tonight…NBA Playoff continue to be cure for insomnia
Happy Birthday: Al Pacino, Talia Shire, Adam Silver, Joe Buck, Renée Zellweger, Jason Lee, Tim Duncan, DeAngelo Williams, Sara Paxton, Alex Bowman
Do you remember Lulu ? https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/star-iconic-cult-series-hee-181334268.html
I can’t do this https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/04/24/cyprus-Guinness-World-Records-most-wine-glasses-balanced-head/6951745507996/
Word of the Day: covey [ kuhv-ee ] A brood or small flock of Quail or similar birds. A group, set, or company. Middle English, from Anglo-French covee sitting (of hen), from cover to sit on, brood over, from Latin cubare to lie “There must have been a half-dozen covey of quail in the field”
Quote of the Day: “He who stops being better stops being good.”… Oliver Cromwell (Born this day in 1599)