Wednesday, November 19th. Day 323 of 2025
It’s World Toilet Day. I’m sure happy to be born in this generation. I would have been miserable without a modern toilet
1493: In his second voyage to North America, Christopher Columbus comes ashore in Puerto Rico
1863: President Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania
1895: The Paper Pencil was patented by Frederick Blaisdell
1969: Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean become the third and fourth humans to walk on the Moon
1997: In Carlisle, Iowa, septuplets were born to Bobbi McCaughey. It was only the second known case where all seven were born alive
1998: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton
2013: The film “Frozen” debuts in American theaters
News: Over an acre charred as result of someone burning debris in Alexander County, they’ve been cited…Catawba County Sheriff says ICE in in area today…Taylorsville woman arrested and then found to have drugs in jail…Taylorsville man serves one stint in jail and starts another…Granite Falls Police refute claim of child abduction attempt…
Weather: Sunny and Warm. We’ll top-out near 75 !
Meredith Wike
Happy Birthday: Dick Cavett, Ted Turner, Calvin Klein, Ahmad Rashad, Kathleen Quinlan, Ann Curry, Michael Wilbon, Allison Janney, Meg Ryan, Jodie Foster
Word of the Day: lamebrain [leym-breyn] a dunce, a stupid or annoying person, a dolt. “What a lamebrain, to even suspect that.”
Quote of the Day: “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”… Malcolm X