Thursday, May 29. Day 149 of 2025
It’s Alligator Day and Paperclip Day
Happy Biscuit Day !
1721: South Carolina was formally incorporated as a royal colony
1790: Rhode Island became the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution
1888: The first Belk store opened in Monore, NC
1922: The Supreme Court ruled that organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws
1953: Edmund Hillary and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay became first men to reach the top of Mount Everest
1974: President Nixon agreed to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts
2001: Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted of a global conspiracy to murder Americans. The crimes included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people
2004: The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C
In the News: All 100 NC Counties was unemployment drop in April…Alexander County School Board to meet Friday morning…Taylorsville Police arrest man on series of charges…Alexander County man detained by Hickory Police…Lenoir man charged with secret peeping in Wilkes County…Hickory man facing Federal indictment for Bank Robbery
Weather: Clouds, warmer but it might get wet before the day is over
Sports: Hollingsworth signs to cheer at UNC-charlotte…Canes season comes to an end…OKC reaches NBA Finals…Braves and Phillies rained out, they’ll try to play a DH today…almost 60 games into the season and the Rockies still don’t have 10 wins…Women’s US Open tees-off today…Rockingham Speedway is for sale
Happy Birthday: John Hinckley Jr. La Toya Jackson, Annette Bening, Melissa Etheridge, Lisa Welchel, Carmelo Anthony, Puka Nacua, Paul Skenes
Nevada Judge tells woman to “make something of yourself” https://www.mynbc5.com/article/nevada-judge-unique-sentence-fatal-crash/64908381
Word of the Day: nictate [nik-teyt] to wink. From Latin meaning to wink or fidget. “The pretty young lady used her charm with a nictation and a smile”
Quote of the Day: “Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”… John F. Kennedy (Born this day in 1917)