Friday, June 12th. Day 163 of 2026
It’s Jerky Day, not my thing at all, National Rose Day and National Movie Night
1839: According to legend, Abner Doubleday created the rules of Baseball on this day
1935: Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2 hours with 150,000 words
1939: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
1987: President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IguMXrgfrg8
1991: The Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship beating Los Angeles 4 games to 1. Some guy named Jordan won MVP
1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in Los Angeles. You’re right, OJ did it !
2009: The switch from analog TV to digital was completed
2016: The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history up to that time occurred when Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding more than 50
2018: President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore
News: Pedestrian struck and killed by train in Hickory on Thursday…Judge dismisses charges against Brookford Police Chief…Iredell County Deputies arrest man after machete attack…Hiddenite man arrested on Lincoln County drug charges…North Wilkesboro man charged overnight in Alexander County…A General speaks in Taylorsville on Saturday
Weather: HOT ! Sunny and near 95
Sports: Canes a win from hoisting the Cup !!! World Cup begins, USA plays this evening…Panthers extend contract with Jalen Coker…College World Series being today in Omaha. UNC plays Mississippi this evening…Braves rained-out in Chicago…NASCAR runs the Tricky-Triangle in Pocono
Happy Birthday: Marv Albert, Junior Brown, Timothy Busfield, Meredith Brooks, Ryan Klesko, Hideki Matsui, Antwan Jamison, Blake Ross
Not a good look for Phil https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/ar-AA25pn1F
Word of the Day: Griffin [grif-in] (also griffon) a fabled monster, usually having the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. In India and some eastern lands, a white person from a western country. From Greek mythology. “Luckily for you, Griffins are not real.”
Quote of the Day: “I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.”… George H. W. Bush (Born this day in 1924)