Wednesday, November 12th. Day 316 of 2025
Happy Football Day !
1859: The first flying trapeze act was performed by Jules Leotard in Paris. He was also the designer of the garment that is named after him
1892: William “Pudge” Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club
1920: Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis was named the first Commissioner of Baseball
1927: Joseph Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union
1946: The first drive-up banking facility opened at the Exchange National Bank in Chicago
1975: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years on the high court
1998: Daimler-Benz completed a merger with Chrysler to create Daimler-Chrysler AG
2010: Hickory Police confirm that body parts found in Caldwell County were that of Zahra Baker. My heart still breaks for that little girl who was brutally murdered
2020: Six people die in Alexander County flooding
News: 18-year-old found in contempt of court and sent to jail by judge in Alexander County…Hickory man charged with stealing vehicle and resisting arrest…Search for wanted suspect in Burke County…Headliner Allison Krauss and Union Station returns to MerleFest next Spring…
Weather: Sunny and Warmer. High in the 60’s !
Sports: Cougar Soccer season end in Asheville on Tuesday…AC Hoops tip-off season Friday night at home…Get your tickets for the 2025 Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame Induction set for November 24th…Duke and UNC enjoy Cupcakes…Wake drops a tough one…No change at top of College Football Playoff Poll…Canes winning streak snapped…Brewer Manager goes Back to Back
Happy Birthday: Al Michaels, Booker T Jones. Neil Young, Megan Mullally, Nadia Comăneci, Sammy Sosa, Tonya Harding, Cote de Pablo, Ryan Gosling, Anne Hathaway, Charlie Morton, Jason Day
Bagpipes and AC/DC ? https://apnews.com/article/australia-bagpipes-world-record-acdc-78d64553759cfcbfb482c2b7b4e6f9f2
Word of the Day; galvanize [gal-vuh-nahyz] to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically, to stimulate or excite, to coat (iron or steel) with zinc. Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician and physicist who, in the 1770s, studied the electrical nature of nerve impulses by applying electrical stimulation to frogs’ leg muscles, causing them to contract. Although Galvani’s theory that animal tissue contained an innate electrical impulse was disproven, the French word galvanisme came to refer to a current of electricity especially when produced by chemical action. “The group is hoping to galvanize public opinion”
Quote of the Day: “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.’… Helen Keller