Tuesday, November 18th. Day 322 of 2025
It’s Mickey Mouse Day and Apple Cider Day
1865: Samuel Clemens published “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” under the pen name Mark Twain
1883: The United States and Canada adopted a system of standard time zones
1903: A treaty was signed that granted the U.S. rights to build the Panama Canal
1969: Apollo 12 astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. and Alan L. Bean landed on the lunar surface during the second manned mission to the moon
1978: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple followers to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives including over 270 children
1987: Congress issued the Iran-Contra Affair report
1998: President Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers
1999: At Texas A&M University, the Aggie Bonfire collapses killing 12 students and injuring 27 others
In the News: Double fatality in Wilkes County…Man dies after being bucked from horse in Wilkes County…Taylorsville woman facing charges in Catawba County…Granite Falls man nabbed for Child Abduction
Weather: Some clouds today but dry. High around 65. Sunny and low to mid 70’s on Wednesday…
Sports: Cougar Basketball at East Burke tonight…South Caldwell Football coach resigns, (I’ll bet Butch Carter gets a call !) …Cowboys win Monday night…Virginia Tech hires Franklin…Wolfpack win Monday night…Hornets Play-Hornets Lose in Toronto…Canes beat the Big, Bad Bruins
Happy Birthday: Linda Evans, Susan Sullivan, Kevin Nealon, Warren Moon, Elizabeth Perkins, Kirk Hammett Rita Cosby, Owen Wilson, Mike Epps, Megyn Kelly, Chloë Sevigny, David Ortiz, Denny Hamlin, Caleb Williams
Former Alexander County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Hefner is my guest this morning after the 7:30 news. She’ll talk about the Rotary Club and some their activities
Pull over you moron ! https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/budweiser-urinal-259310
Word of the Day: Reich [rahyk] The German empire, realm, nation especially during the Nazi period. “Hitler came around 990 years shy of his Thousand Year Reich”
Quote of the Day: “A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.” … Jeff Cooper