Friday, May 22nd. Day 142 of 2026
It’s Sherlock Holmes Day, Solitaire Day and Road Trip Day
1849: Abraham Lincoln received a patent for the floating dry dock
1856: Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina severely beats Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts with a cane in the hall of the United States Senate
1900: The Associated Press was incorporated
1906: The Wright brothers received a patent their flying machine
1967: “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” premiered on PBS
1972: Richard Nixon became the first U.S. president the Soviet Union
1992: Johnny Carson hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for the last time. He had been host for nearly 30 years. Jay Leno took over the job three days later
2011: An EF5 tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people
2015: Ireland, by popular vote makes gay marriage legal
News: Alexander Central Graduation moved forward…Drug bust this morning in Stony Point…Stony Point man released for prison in October is back behind bars…Registered sex-offender taken into custody in Alexander County
Weather: Get ready for a wet, very wet weekend
Sports: Kyle Busch dies at 41…Canes get de-iced by Montreal…Knicks go up 2-0 in anyone cares…Braves win again…Cleveland Guardians win 6th straight…
Happy Birthday: Richard Benjamin, Tommy John, Bernie Taupin, Ann Cusak, Allison Eastwood, Apolo Ohno, Novak Djokovic
Word of the Day: flux [fluhks] flowing or flow, continuous change, passage, or movement, to melt in order to create flow. Middle English, from Latin fluxus “a flowing,” Be careful in making decisions while the situation in a state of flux.”
Quote of the Day: “Nine books have been written about me, and there’s not a word of truth in any of them.”… Laurence Olivier (Born this day in 1907)