Thursday, May 15th. Day 135 of 2025
It’s Peace Officers Memorial Day
Happy Straw Hat Day !
1862: Congress created the U.S. Department of Agriculture
1905: The city of Las Vegas was incorporated
1934: The Department of Justice offers $25,000 reward for Public Enemy #1 John Dillinger, dead or alive
1940: Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time in the United States
1942: Gasoline rationing began in the U.S. The limit was 3 gallons a week for nonessential vehicles
1972: Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, MD while campaigning for the U.S. presidency. Wallace was paralyzed
1988: The Soviet Union began their withdrawal of its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan. Soviet forces had been there for more than eight years
2008: California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage
In the News: Two Hickory High students struck by vehicle Wednesday afternoon…Iredell-Statesville Schools facing major budget shortfall…Memorial Day Service planned in Taylorsville…Stony Point man busted for trafficking meth…Woman arrested this morning in Alexander County…Wilkes County man at large after allegedly stealing weapons and a car
Weather: Partly Sunny and 85 today
Sports: South takes out Lady Cougars…PGA Championship begins today in Charlotte…Canes can eliminate the Caps tonight…Says goodnight to the Warriors…Braves let one get away…Cards and Phillies split twin bill…Tigers stay hot…panther schedule released
Happy Birthday: George Brett, Mike Oldfield, Dan Patrick, John Smoltz, Emmitt Smith, Ray Lewis, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Andy Murray
Overdose deaths (but not overdoses) are dropping https://apnews.com/article/us-overdose-deaths-opioids-1561a9f189255ad60c533462f10490a2
Is the Southern Accent disappearing ? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/is-the-southern-accent-fixin-to-disappear-in-parts-of-the-us-south/ar-AA1EvrDj
Word of the Day: rhapsody [ rap-suh-dee ] Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation. an ecstatic expression of feeling or enthusiasm, an epic poem, or a part of such a poem. From an ecstatic expression of feeling or enthusiasm. From Greek. “You’re a rhapsody, a comedy, You’re a symphony and a play”
Quote of the Day: “I can’t give you a brain, but I can give you a diploma”… L. Frank Baum (Born this Day in 1856)