Monday, May 19th. Day 139 of 2025
It’s National Scooter Day
1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of English King Henry VIII, is beheaded at the Tower of London on charges of adultery, incest and treason
1935: The NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
1973: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:54, fastest Preakness race ever
1974: Erno Rubik invented the puzzle that became known as the Rubik’s Cube
1989: The Dow Jones Average passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
2006: Apple opens their first retail stores
2018: American actress Meghan Markle marries Prince Harry at a ceremony in Windsor Castle, making her a member of the British royal family
2021: World’s largest iceberg at 1,667-square-miles breaks off the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica
In the News: Marsh Road north of Taylorsville will close today for repairs…Alexander County Commissioners hold Budget Public Hearing tonight…Hiddenite man released from prison and arrested again on new DNA evidence…Taylorsville man busted for trafficking meth…Stony Point woman facing felony drug charge…Iredell County Deputies arrest Hiddenite man on fugitive warrant…Iredell man charged with murdering wife…Subject captured after Catawba County manhunt
Weather: Sunny and 83 today
Sports: Millsaps places 2nd in State 4A Shot Put…South Caldwell Softball make Regional Finals…Scottie slams the door in Charlotte…Bell wins All-Star Race in N Wilkesbopro…It’ll be the Canes and Florida in the East Finals beginning Tuesday night in Raleigh…OKC destroys Denver…Braves take of 3 from Red Sox…Baltimore fire manager…Twins win streak stopped at 13…Tigers have Baseball’s best record
Happy Birthday: David Hartman, Pete Townshend, Grace Jone, Archie Manning, Phil Rudd, Bill Laimbeer, Dario Franchitti, Lainey Wilson
Registration underway for Naked Road Race https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/16/Carolina-Foothills-Resort-Buck-Creek-Streak-5k-nudist/6691747414185/
Word of the Day: dichotomy [ dahy-kot-uh-mee ] A division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities. Something with seemingly contradictory qualities. From Latin and Greek meaning dividing into two parts. “The man is a dichotomy of contrast”
Quote of the Day: “It’s difficult wherever I go. They don’t build anything for big people. They have everything for blind people, for cripple people, for some other people, but not for big people”… Andre The Giant (Born this day in 1946)