Friday, May 16th. Day 136 of 2025
It’s Bike to Work Day, Do Something Good for your Neighbor Day, NASCAR Day, Mimosa Day and last but for sure not the least, Happy Barbecue Day !
1771: The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called “The Regulators”, occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alamance
1860: The Republican National Convention selects Abraham Lincoln as candidate for President
1868: The Senate fails to convict President Andrew Johnson by one vote
1939: The first Food Stamps are issued
1965: The Campbell Soup Company introduces Spaghetti Os
1985: Michael Jordan is named NBA Rookie of Year
2019: The last episode of TV sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” airs after 12 seasons
2020: Department store chain JC Penney files for bankruptcy
In the News: Catawba County Authorities searching for fugitive and missing juvenile…Woman charged with striking two Hickory High students while crossing busy street…Wilkes County gets 35-75 years in prison for child-sex crimes…Statesville Police charge two with armed robbery…Stony Point man jailed…Two from Iredell County charged with staging accident to collect insurance money…Hickory Putt-Putt course has closed and property is for sale
Weather: Hot. High around 88. Might get a Boomer this afternoon
Sports: South Caldwell Softball at West Forsyth tonight…Canes dot it, win series against Caps and head to Conference Finals…Nuggets stays alive in NBA…Vegas survives Mud Balls and leads PGA in Charlotte…Braves beat the Nats but Brzykcy looks good again…NASCAR All-Star Weekend in North Wilkesboro
Happy Brithday: Pierce Brosnan, Olga Korbut, Debra Winger, Janet Jackson, Tucker Carlson, Gabriela Sabatini, Melanie Lynskey, Megan Fox
Baby cured with gene-editing https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5389620/gene-editing-treatment-crispr-inherited
Problems at Starbucks https://apnews.com/article/starbucks-dress-code-baristas-strike-3a39bbf41247d2090afa9b487ccf3d97
Word of the Day: wampum [ wom-puhm ] beads made from shells, pierced and strung, used by North American Indians as a medium of exchange, for ornaments, and for ceremonial and sometimes spiritual purposes. Slang term for money. “The woman with American Indian heritage is wearing wampum beads today”
Quote of the Day: “While living I want to live well.”… Geronimo (Born this day in 1829)