Monday, September 14th. Day 257 of 2026
It’s Eat a Hoagie Day and National Creme Filled Donut Day
1814: The poem Defense of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner
1901: President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt
1959: The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon
1972: The Waltons premiered on CBS
1984: Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean
1994: The Major League Baseball season was canceled because of a strike
2001: The FBI releases the names of 19 suspected hijackers that has taken part in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States
2020: Israel becomes the First country to announce a second national lockdown due to COVID-19
News: Man charged with threatening to kill residents of Taylorsville assisted living facility…Wilkes County man listed as missing found dead in car crash…Alexander County Commissioners meet tonight…Taylorsville man facing felony drug charge in Conover…Taylorsville woman jailed for stealing mail…Hickory man busted on child-pornography related charges…Statesville man in county illegally charged with holding juvenile in sexual servitude…Wilkes County woman arrested for setting fire to occupied dwelling
Weather: Sunny and 87
Sports: Daigle saves the Day for the Cougars after Statesville demonstrates how not to win a football game…Panther defense is a no-show against the Bears…New #1 in College Football…Baseball season down to about a dozen games…Kyle Larson ends winless streak
Happy Birthday: Walter Koenig, Larry Brown, Joey Heatherton, Jon “Bowser” Bauman, Ron DeSantis, Faith Ford, Tony Finau
What a story ! https://nypost.com/2026/09/13/us-news/us-airman-rescued-from-iran-shares-unbelievable-tale-of-survival-with-60-minutes/
Word of the Day: tenuous [ten-yoo-uhs] insignificant or flimsy, lacking a sound basis, of slight importance or significance. “The argument was tenuous at best.”
Quote of the Day: “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”…Sydney J. Harris (Born this day in 1917)