Monday April 27th. Day 118 of 2026
It’s Tell A Story Day, Gummi Bear Day and Prime Rib Day
1880: The first electric Hearing Aid Was patented
1945: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans
1965: Pampers are patented. It was a game changer. Do cloth diapers even exist now ?
1981: Xerox introduces the computer mouse
1986: Soviet authorities order the evacuation of the city of Pripyat (pop. 50,000) 1 day after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. It’s still abandoned and forbidden
1992: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed
2011: The Super Outbreak devastates parts of the Southeast especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more
2018: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea agree to officially end Korean War
2023: Alabama QB Bryce Young is the first pick in the NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers
News: Alexander County woman arrested on April 8th and charged with statutory rape now faces kidnapping charge…Taylorsville man indicted by Grad Jury for felony drug charges filed in December…Statesville man busted by Taylorsville Police…
Weather: Sunny and 73 today. Good chance of rain Tuesday night and Wednesday
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball wins one for the ages…Baseball suffers first league loss…AC Women’s Soccer having very good season…Panthers draft haul not sexy but I thought it was good…South iredell searching for Football coach…Canes get a rest after sweeping Ottawa…Hocevar survives Talledaga carnage
Happy Birthday: Kate Pierson, George Gervin, Herman Edwards, Sheena Easton, Austin Dillon, Corey Seagar, Arch Manning
Emu captured after search in Nashville https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/04/25/odd-news-nashville-emu-escaped/6241777142764/
Word of the Day: klatsch [klahch] a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation, gathering that tends to gossipy and trivial. From German meaning gossip. “The gathering was nothing more than a klatsch.”
Quote of the Day: “Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.”… Ulysses S. Grant (Born this day in 1842)