Friday, August 14th. Day 226 of 2026
1888: A patent for the electric meter was granted to Oliver B. Shallenberger
1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly
1941: Congress appropriated the funds to construct the Pentagon (approximately $83 million)
1945: It was announced by President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II
1947: Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire
1959: Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League
1995: Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina’s state military college. She quit the school less than a week later
2015: In Havana, Cuba, the U.S. Embassy was re-opened after being closed for 54 years
News: Wanted Fugitive from Alexander County now in custody…Taylorsville woman facing fraud-related charges…Police charge Taylorsville woman after disturbance at local WalMart…Former Hudson youth coach get Federal Prison time…74-year-old Wilkes County man busted for trafficking cocaine…Woman charged in Catawba County says she was entrapped by law enforcement
Weather: Hot, high in low 90’s
Sports: Cougar Soccer and Statesville battle to draw…AC Football has scrimmage tonight at Davie County…Panthers will try-out new stadium in Buffalo on Saturday…Phillies win at Field of Dreams…5-way tie atop leaderboard in Memphis…NASCAR in Richmond
Happy Birthday: Steve Martin, Susan Saint James, Danielle Steel, Rusty Wallace, Marcia Gay Harden, Magic Johnson, Halle Berry, Catherine Bell, Mila Kunis, Tim Tebow
Even time is political https://apnews.com/article/time-clock-daylight-4ec8ce6fc454890fe018a3b1109a4571
Word of the Day: Caracas [kuh-rah-kuhs] capital and largest city of Venezuela. Metro area has more 5 million in population. “Caracas continues to have one of the highest murder rates in the world.”
Quote of the Day: “On my tombstone just write, ‘The sorest loser that ever lived.”…Earl Weaver (Born this day in 1930)