Wednesday, May 14th. Day 134 of 2025
Salute to those who work the night shift ! It’s Third Shift Worker’s Day…and night
1607: An expedition led by Captain Christopher Newport went ashore at Jamestown, Virginia. The group had arrived at the location the day before. This became the first permanent English colony in America
1796: The first smallpox vaccination was given by Edward Jenner
1804: William Clark set off the famous expedition from Camp Dubois. A few days later, in St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis joined the group. The group was known as the “Corps of Discovery.”
1878: The name Vaseline was registered by Robert A. Chesebrough
1897: Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph
1948: Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end
1998: The final episode of the TV series “Seinfeld” aired after nine years on NBC
2018: Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states
2022: The US records their 1 millionth death attributed to COVID-19
In the News: Alexander County Commissioners hear from Sheriff’s Office and EMS about employee retention related to pay…Lenoir man dies after being struck by vehicle…Hickory Police investigating overnight shooting in convenience store parking lot…Taylorsville man back in jail…Hickory man charged with child-sex related crimes///Woman charged with assaulting detention officers in Iredell County
Weather: 60 percent chance of a shower today
Sports: Softball showdown gets started then gets washed out…AC Women’s Soccer season ends with playoff loss…Still no official word on hiring of new AC men’s basketball coach…Pacers put the Cavs to sleep…Canes can clinch Thursday night…Braves get to .500…Rose and Shoeless Joe might get their shot at the Hall of Fame…
Happy Birthday: Tony Perez, Robert Zemeckis, George Lucas, Mike Quick, Frank Nobilo, Tim Roth, Cate Blanchett, Sofia Copala, Suzie Kolber, Mark Zukerberg, Rob Gronkowski, Miranda Cosgrove
You’ll need to cover it up https://apnews.com/article/cannes-nudity-red-carpet-2655d4d76dab30f5bba075b63221cf5c
Some people will do anything to get attention https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/05/13/Guinness-World-Records-hair-hanging/8161747167471/
Word of the Day: calcify [ kal-suh-fahy ] Physiology. to make or become calcareous or bony; harden by the deposit of calcium salts. Geology. to harden by deposition of calcium carbonate. To make or become rigid inflexable. “His sensibilities had seemed to calcify in recent years. “
Quote of the Day: “Thanks for dating someone ugly after we broke up.” …unknown