Friday, May 8th. Day 128 of 2026
It’s Have a Coke Day
1794: The United States Post Office was established
1886: Pharmacist Dr. John Styth Pemberton invented what would later be called “Coca-Cola”
1945: President Truman announced that World War II had ended in Europe
1953: At a meeting in Greensboro, The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is formed
1956: Alfred E. Neuman appeared on the cover of “Mad Magazine” for the first time
1970: The Beatles release their 12th and final studio album, “Let It Be”
1973: A 71-day standoff between federal authorities and the American Indian Movement members occupying the Pine Ridge Reservation at Wounded Knee, South Dakota ends with the surrender of the militants
1980: World Health Organization announces smallpox has been eradicated
2018: President Trump pulls the US out of the Iran nuclear deal
2019: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes (Hickory native) argues that Facebook should be split up and regulated
News: Taylorsville man gets prison time in Catawba County case…Grand Jury in Caldwell County indicts woman charged with infant death at daycare facility in 2025…Taylorsville man served warrants…Taylorsville Police charge man with punching vehicle and resisting arrest…Troutman Police arrest woman on felony larceny by employee…First Summer Concert series event in Saturday evening
Weather: Sunny and 70
Sports: Cougar Softball and Baseball host Round II Playoff games tonight…AC Women’s Soccer beat Ashe County Thursday night…Canes win again, a step away from Round III…NCAA Basketball expands tournament to 76 teams…McCarty leads at Quail Hollow…NASCAR runs road course at Watkins Glenn
Happy Birthday: David Attenborough, Toni Tennille, Billy Burnette, Bill Cowher, Ronnie Lott, Melissa Gilbert, Bobby Labonte, Enrique Iglesias
Word of the Day: onus [oh-nuhs] responsibility, task, or burden, an obligation. From Latin meaning burden. “The onus in on you to know what this word means.”
Quote of the Day: “I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I’d look like without plastic surgery.”… Joan Rivers