Tuesday, April 14th. Day 104 of 2026
It’s National Gardening Day
Happy Ex-Spouse Day and National Dolphin Day
1828: Noah Webster registers for publication of the first Dictionary published in America
1865: President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington; he dies in the early morning hours the next day
1902: J. C. Penney opens his first store, The Golden Rule Store, in Kemmerer, Wyoming
1912: RMS Titanic, the world’s largest ocean liner, hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland,. It sinks in the early hours of April 15
1944: General Dwight Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force
2019: Tiger Woods wins his 5th Masters title
2021: Joe says “It’s time to end America’s longest war” confirming his decision to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by Sept 11. The withdrawal was awkward and that’s being kind
News: Armed Taylorsville man arrested attempting to break-in residence…State Senator Settle and House Representative Eddins visit Alexander School campuses on Monday…County Schools Jessica Anderson honored by state…
Weather: Hot, high near 90
Sports: Cougar Men’s Tennis blanks McDowell…AC Tennis Women’s Soccer, Softball and Baseball all at home today…Hornets host Heat in NBA Play-In game…Tar Heel’s Wilson declares for NBA… Heels lose top recruit…Canes let one get away…Judge and Trout both homer twice in Yanks win over the Angels
Happy Birthday: Julie Christie, Brad Garrett, David Justice, Greg Maddux, Adrien Brody, Baker Mayfield, Abigail Breslin, D.J. Moore
Another Food Fight in Florida https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/unique-subway-arrest-275930
Word of the Day: decorum [dih-kawr-uhm] dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc, to display proper manner. From Latin term decorous meaning “seemly, becoming” “Some of patrons have yet to develop the proper decorum for attending The Masters.”
Quote of the Day: “I was born on the day Lincoln was shot and the Titanic sank.”… Pete Rose (Born this day in 1941)
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