Thursday, March 19. Day 78 of 2026
It’s Poultry Day. Eat More Chicken and Turkey
1822: The city of Boston was incorporated…again
1918: Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time
1931: The state of Nevada legalizes gambling. It turned out well, wouldn’t you say ?
1966: Texas Western University (now Texas-El Paso) wins the NCAA Basketball Championship. It was the first team with a starting 5 of all black players to win the title
1979: The House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN
1987: Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn
2003: President George W. Bush announced that U.S. forces had launched a strike against “targets of military opportunity” in Iraq. The attack was aimed at Iraqi leaders thought to be near Baghdad
2024: MacKenzie Scott (ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos) announces her organization Yield Giving is giving away $640 million to 361 nonprofits
2024: Finland is ranked the happiest country in the world by the UN for the seventh year in a row
News: Taylorsville Woman found dead inside camper identified, circumstances remain a mystery….Bond found along I-40 in Burke County…Confirmed case Rabies in Alexander County…Taylorsville Police nab suspect on felony charges…Another meth bust by Alexander County Sheriff’s Office…
Weather: Warming trend continues. High around 62 today, 70 plus on Friday !
Sports: AC Softball pounds team from Pennsylvania…Duke, UNC and High Point begins dancing today…Wake Forest gets NIT win…Canes take the Pens in Overtime…Panthers trade the Red Rifle
Happy Birthday: Ursula Andress, Ruth Pointer, Glenn Close, Bruce Willis, Andy Reid, Abby Brammell, Clayton Kershaw
Man is South Carolina charged with attempting to pay his bail with funny money https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/jail-counterfeit-bid-089615
Word of the Day: garner [gahr-ner] to gather or deposit in or as if in a granary or other storage place, to earn or quire. A store or supply of anything. From old French and Latin meaning granary. “It’s vital to garner votes from the low information population because they are in of themselves a majority.”
Quote of the Day: “Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.”… Wyatt Earp (Born this day in 1848)
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