Friday, May 9th. Day 129 of 2025
Where do they go? It’s Lost Sock Memorial Day
Happy Moscato Day !
1865: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance in the South is virtually at an end; this is the commonly accepted end date of the American Civil War
1914: President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Mother’s Day
1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enigma_machine
1960: The US becomes the first nation to legalize a birth control pill
1974: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon
2017: President Donald Trump fires FBI Director James Comey
2020: The COVID-19 virus causes the U.S. unemployment rate to hit 14.9 percent, the worst since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate had been the lowest since WWII prior to the pandemic
In the News: Newly renovated Bethlehem Park has Ribbon Cutting this morning…Latest water expansion project underway in Alexander County…First concert of the year Saturday night at Courthouse Park…Alleged rape reported on campus at App State…Statesville man given prison sentence…Catawba County Sheriff’s Office investigating multiple reports of indecent exposure…
Weather: Sun mixed with clouds. High near 80. Shower is possible
Sports: AC Softball hosts Davie County in Round II Playoffs tonight…Cougar Football completes first week of Spring Practice…Canes lose in DC…Warrior lose without Steph…Braves win in extra innings…NASCAR in Kansas
Happy Birthday: James L Brooks, Candice Bergen, Billy Joel, John Corbett, Steve Yzerman, Alley Mills, Rosario Dawson, Audrina Patridge
Parkinsons might develop from what we eat https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ultraprocessed-food-linked-early-signs-202423671.html
Introducing the World’s first mass-produced Flying Car https://www.the-express.com/travel/travel-news/171131/worlds-first-mass-produced-flying-car
Word of the Day: premonish [ pri-mon-ish ] To warn beforehand. Verb meaning to forewarn or advise. “I premonish you about the results”
Quote of the Day: “I never was the story. The story was the story. Period. “… Mike Wallace (Born this Day in 1919)