Tuesday, May 27th. Day 147 of 2025
It’s Grape Day
Happy Nothing to Fear Day ! I’d like to say I’ve overcame all my childhood fears but those damned Flying Monkeys from “The Wizard of Oz” still give me the creeps
1647: Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a “witch.” It was the first recorded American execution of a “witch.”
1927: The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Model A
1947: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by British naval and air forces. 2,300 people were killed
1968: Major League Baseball announced that in 1969, teams would be located in Montreal (Expos) and San Diego (Padres)
1969: Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida
1998: Michael Fortier was sentenced to 12 years in prison for not warning anyone about the plot to bomb an Oklahoma City federal building
1999: Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-96, the first shuttle mission to dock with the International Space Station
2016: President Obama visits Hiroshima
In the News: Shots ring out at Hickory apartment complex…Stony Point man and Hiddenite man arrested in Iredell County…Taylorsville woman charged overnight…Funeral for toddler that died at Lenoir Daycare last week is today…Man charged in Catawba County with going armed to the terror of the public
Weather: Cool Rain. Nearly steady temps in mid to upper 50’s
Sports: Canes avoid humiliating sweep, send series back to Raleigh…OKC moves closer to Championship series…NCAA Baseball filed is set, UNC hosts regional…Braves at Phillies tonight…Panthers have signed all of their draft picks except one
Happy Birthday: Lee Meriwether, Cynthia McFadden, Peri Gilpin, Todd Bridges, Jeff Bagwell, Frank Thomas, Chris Colfer, Lily-Rose Depp
Gator takes up Soccer https://www.wwaytv3.com/sunset-beach-police-find-alligator-with-soccer-ball-lodged-in-its-mouth/
Word of the Day: erstwhile [ urst-hwahyl ] Former, in times past. 16Th century English. “The Commissioner of Baseball rejected the pleas of Pete Rose, the erstwhile hit king, until after his death.”
Quote of the Day: “I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends”… Cornelius Vanderbilt (Born this day in 1794)