Tuesday, May 12th. Day 132 of 2026
It’s Nurse’s Day again. Gee, they’re great but how many days do they get ?
1780: In the largest defeat of the Continental Army, Charleston, South Carolina is taken by British forces
1865: The Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas
1932: The body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is found in Hopewell, New Jersey
1949: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin
1958: The US & Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)
1978: US Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female
2002: President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution
2008: An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people
2008: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud
News: County Commissioners meet this evening…Shooting in Newton…Taylorsville man charged with assault by pointing gun…Alexander County man returned to custody…Stony Point man nabbed on felony drug charges in Iredell County…Catawba County teacher arrested
Weather: Early Clouds give way to Sunshine
Sports: Big Tuesday ! Alexander Central Softball host Rnd III Playoff game at 6:30…AC Baseball hosts Watauga at 7pm and we’re there on the air at 6:30 !…Caldwell Community College advances to JR College World Series, AC Alum Bubba Head among team leaders…
Happy Birthday: Felipe Alou, Billy Swan, Steve Winwood, Bruce Boxleitner, George Karl, Ving Rhames, Emilio Estevez, Stephen Baldwin, Tony Hawk, Steve Smith, Rami Malek
Wow! Check out this rock https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-mogok-ruby-min-aung-hlaing-war-2db4e7007da21dd6066c66732d888370
Coach Pete Hardee
Word of the Day: isthmus [is-muhs] a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land, narrow band of tissue connecting two larger parts of a structure,. From Greek isthmos meaning “neck,” “The Panama Canal crosses the Isthmus of Panama, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.”
Quote of the Day: “I am’ is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that ‘I do’ is the longest sentence? … George Carlin (Born this day in 1937)