Monday, May 11th. Day 131 of 2026
It’s Eat What You Want Day. I’m in
1812: British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated in the lobby of the British House of Commons
1910: An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana
1947: The tubeless tire is Introduced by the B F Goodrich Company
1960: Nazi Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Israeli Mossad in Argentina
1965: The Byrds made their TV debut with “Mr Tambourine Man” on NBC’s “Hullabaloo” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Byrds
1996: After departure from Miami, a fire started by improperly handled chemical oxygen generators in the cargo hold of Atlanta-bound ValuJet Flight 592. The plane crashed in the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 on board
2001: Attorney General John Ashcroft approved a 30-day delay of the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
2019: Actress Alyssa Milano urges women to go on a “sex strike”
News: Two fatal crashes in Catawba County…Fire Damages LP Frans Stadium in Hickory…Alexander County Commissioners meet this evening…Taylorsville Police catch man in the act…Alexander County Deputies charge woman after alleged knife assault…Granite Falls man taken into Alexander County custody…Taylorsville man very, very often arrested is arrested again…Two shot in North Wilkesboro parking lot
Weather: Clouds increase today, showers by afternoon
Kensley Davis
Happy Birthday: Eric Burdon, Dr Robert Jarvik, Frances Fisher, Mike Lupica, Martha Quinn, Tim Blake Nelson, Brad Marshand, Cam Newton
Word of the Day: monogamy [muh-nog-uh-mee] married to, or in a sexual relationship with, one person at a time, in Zoology, the practice of having one mate. “She decided that monogamy was not for her.”
Quote of the Day: “As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.”… Julius Caesar