Friday, September 25th. Day 268 of 2026
It’s Hug A Vegetarian Day, Lobster Day, Pharmacists Day, Quesadilla Day, Comic Book Day
Happy Daughters Day !
1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean
1789: Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: The first ten are known as the Bill of Rights
1957: Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops
1974: Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John
1992: NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion
2017: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers end their 40th Anniversary Tour with a concert at the Hollywood Bowl. It becomes Petty’s final performance; Petty would die in October. The last song played was”American Girl”
2018: Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for aggravated sexual assault
News: Taylorsville Police arrest Federal Fugitive…Another Alexander County man arrested on child-porn related crimes…Juvenile shot by Catawba County Deputy overnight…Two pedestrian struck by hit-and-run driver in Boone
Weather: Rain is Gone ! Tons of Sun this Weekend
Sports: ACHS Volleyball beats St Stephens…Cougar Football gets night off…Falcons stun Packers in front of the Cheese Heads…Panthers at Cleveland on Sunday…White Sox and Cubs clinch playoff spots…NASCAAR in Kansas
Happy Birthday: Hubie Brown, Michael Douglas, Mark Hamill, Heather Locklear, Scottie Pippen, Will Smith, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Lynch, Alexander Rossi
It’s Dolly Parton Day ! https://apnews.com/article/dolly-parton-day-925-1741a56d5a32ed562c465352ee9e2f40
Word of the Day: El Niño [el neen-yoh] A warming of the surface water of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, occurring every 4 to 12 years and causing unusual global weather patterns. From Spanish meaning child-the Christ child. “The projection for the Eastern United States is to be wetter than normal this winter due to the impact of El Nino.”
Quote of the Day: “Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.”… Benjamin Franklin