Monday, June 12. Day 163 of 2025
It’s Jerky Day. Not a fan. It seems senseless to suck all the juice out of meat
Happy Red Rose Day !
1839: According to legend, Abner Doubleday created the rules of Baseball on this day
1935: Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2 hours with 150,000 words
1939: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York
1987: President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IguMXrgfrg8
1991: The Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship beating Los Angeles 4 games to 1. Some guy named Jordan won MVP
1994: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered in Los Angeles. You’re right, OJ did it !
2009: The switch from analog TV to digital was completed
2016: The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history up to that time occurred when Omar Mateen opened fire at Pulse, an LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing 49 people and wounding more than 50
2018: President Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore
In the News: Alexander County developing a pedestrian and bicycle plan…Fire guts Wilkes County restaurant…Wilkes man charged with convenience store robbery…Stony Point man jailed after skipping court…Drug bust in Iredell County…Hudson man arrested after hour-long chase in stolen vehicle
Weather: Humidity creeps back in. High of 86, PM Boomer could happen
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball places 4th in final state poll…AC Youth Soccer Camp begins next week…Pacers use bench to beat OKC…Must win tonight for Edmonton in Stanley Cup Finals…Brzykcy pitches another scoreless inning///Braves win a series (no, no donkeys are flying)… Judge goes yard for 3rd straight game
Happy Birthday: Junior Brown, Timothy Busfield, Meredith Brooks, Ryan Klesko, Hideki Matsui, Antwan Jamison, Blake Ross
Word of the Day: ribald [ rib-uhld ] vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent . In German the term means to be “in heat.” “Much of the dialogue is hilariously ribald”
Quote of the Day: “It’s a very good question, very direct, and I’m not going to answer it”… George H. W. Bush (Born this day in 1924)