Thursday, May 7th. Day 127 of 2026
It’s Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day
1718: The city of New Orleans is founded. The town could still use a bath
1915: A German U Boat sinks the RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans
1945: Germany signs the unconditional surrender document ending the war with the United States other allies except the Soviet Union. The surrender to the Soviet came a couple days later
1946: Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering is founded. The company is known today as the Sony Corporation
1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers
1998: Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler
2000: Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia
2024: American businessman Nick Berg is beheaded by Islamist militants. The act is recorded on videotape and released on the Internet
News: Taylorsville Town Board mulling possible property tax increase…Fatal crash in Wilkes County…Congrats to Stony Point Elementary Principal Jessica Mundy…Taylorsville man arrested on felony drug charge…Iredell County chase ends with crash into building
Weather: Showers, maybe a storm
Sports: Times set for Alexander Central Softball and Baseball Playoff Games on Friday…Cougar Athletics offering sports screenings today…Flag Football for girls approved for next year in North Carolina…Canes in Philly tonight…Braves lose series for first time this season…Cubs, Phillies and Rays are hot…PGA Tour tees-off in Charlotte
Happy Birthday: Thelma Houston, Bill Kreutzmann, Traci Lords, Robbie Knievel, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Alex Smith, Cameron Young
Word of the Day: cribbage [krib-ij] a card game for two or sometimes three or four players, a characteristic feature of which is the crib, and in which the object is to make counting combinations for points that are scored on a cribbage board. “Playing cribbage has replaced bridge with the group.”
Quote of the Day: “Right now I’m having amnesia and deja vu at the same time… I think I’ve forgotten this before. “… Steven Wright