Thursday, February 12th. Day 43 of 2026
It’s Lincoln’s Birthday. How is his birthdate not a National Holiday ?
It’s Hug Day ! I’m in
1554 – Lady Jane Grey was beheaded after being charged with treason. She had claimed the throne of England for only nine days
1878: Frederick W. Thayer patented the baseball catcher’s mask. Can you imagine what Yogi Berra would have looked like without it ?
1909: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms
1915: The cornerstone of the Lincoln Memorial was laid in Washington, DC
1963: Construction begins on the Gateway Arch in St. Louis
1999: President Clinton was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on two impeachment articles. The charges were perjury and obstruction of justice
2004: Mattel announced that “Barbie” and “Ken” were breaking up. The dolls had met on the set of their first television commercial together in 1961
2004: The city of San Francisco begins issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in response to a directive from Mayor Gavin Newsom
News: Early Voting for the March Primary begins today…Two fatal crashes reported in area…Two Taylorsville men busted after multi-agency drug investigation…Newton man apprehended after Alexander County foot pursuit….Wilkes County man in jail after Sunday chase
Weather: Clouds increase with an afternoon high in the 50’s
Sports: Cougar Women get 20th win of season… AC men take much-needed victory over St Stephens…Wake finds the win column…Hornets win 10th game in 11 tries…North Iredell name new Football Coach…LRU releases 2026 Football Schedule…Kyle Busch wins Daytona 500 Pole
Happy Birthday: Joe Don Baker, Maud Adams, Michael McDonald, Arsenio Hall, Brett Kavanaugh, Josh Brolin, Lary Nance, Chynna Phillips, Christina Ricci, Brad Keselowski, Robert Griffin III
Here’s today’s Olympics TV Schedule https://www.nbcolympics.com/schedule
Word of the Day: ghosting [goh-sting] The appearance of multiple copies or blurred representations of an object on a screen or in an image. The word has a large impact on popular culture, the practice of suddenly ending all contact with a person without explanation, often in a dating or romantic relationship. In social media, to stop responding to posts or texts. “The hint of the relationship being doomed was her ghosting on Instagram.”
Quote of the Day: “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”… Abraham Lincoln (Born this day in 1809)