Monday, March 23rd. Day 82 of 2026
Wag your tail, it’s Puppy Day
Happy Chip and Dip Day !
1806: After reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their “Corps of Discovery” begin their journey home
1857: Elisha Otis installs the first modern elevator in a building in New York City
1965: NASA launches Gemini 3, the first two-man space flight. Gus Grissom and John Young are aboard
1994: An Air Force F-16 aircraft collides with a C-130 at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina. 24 United States soldiers are killed
1994: Wayne Gretzky breaks Gordie Howe’s NHL career scoring record with his 802nd goal
1998: The motion picture “Titanic” wins 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards. Rose and Jack became legendary
2001: The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji
News: Applications for Ellendale’s STEM School begin a week from today…Summer Concert Series events announced…Taylorsville woman jailed again…Stony Point woman arrested again…Two Catawba County men get prison time for trafficking drugs
Weather: Clouds to start, turning sunny with high 73-75 this afternoon./ FIRE DANGER ALERT ISSUED FOR TODAY !
Sports: AC Softball drops to 7-3 after being shutout on Saturday…Duke is the lone ACC team remaining in Men’s Sweet 16…Duke and UNC women make it to Sweet 16…Canes close to nailing down division…Reddick makes it 4 of 6 in NASCAAR
Happy Birthday: Ron Jaworski, Chaka Khan, Geno Auriemma, Moses Malone, Jeremy Wade, Amanda Plummer, Hugh Grant, Catherine Keener, Marin Hinkle, Michelle Monaghan, Keri Russell
Word of the Day: paragon [par-uh-gon] model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence, someone of exceptional merit, an unusually large, round pearl. Paragon derives from the Old Italian word paragone, which literally means “touchstone.” A touchstone is a black stone that was formerly used to judge the purity of gold or silver. The metal was rubbed on the stone and the color of the streak it left indicated its quality. In modern English, both touchstone and paragon have come to signify a standard against which something should be judged.
Quote of the Day: “I need sex for a clear complexion, but I’d rather do it for love.”… Joan Crawford (Born this day in 1905)