Wednesday, February 18th. Day 49 of 2026
It’s Drink Wine Day !
1861: Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America. The United States refused to recognize the office because after all, the South was NOT a nation
1885: Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published
1930: Pluto was discovered. Poor Pluto, it’s been declared a dwarf
1954: The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles
1970: The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention
1979: Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag
2001: NASCAR Legend Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash during final lap of the Daytona 500
2001: FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and accused of spying for Russia for more than 15 years. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison without parole
2021: Nearly seven million people required to boil their water in Texas as unusually harsh winter storm in the state continues
News: Alexander County Commissioner burn the note on Tuesday…Wilkes County woman charged with murder of boyfriend…Bank robbery in Hickory. Suspect said to be wearing mask and holding a beer…Hickory man charged with assault on a child in Alexander County…Taylorsville woman facing long list of charges
Weather: Clouds gather but it’s warm
Sports: Cougar men shocked by St Stephens…AC Women play Thursday in NWC Tournament…Pack puts Smack-Down on Tar Heels…Hornets return Thursday from All-Star Break…US Men’s Hockey battles Sweden this afternoon
Happy Birthday: Yoko Ono, Dennis DeYoung, Juice Newton, John Travolta, Vanna White, Greta Scacchi, Molly Ringwald, Jillian Michaels
Today’s Winter Olympics TV Schedule https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/olympics-schedule-for-wednesday-february-18-2026-watch-nbc
Word of the Day; oboe [oh-boh] a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece., a navigation system utilizing two radar ground stations that measure the distance to an aircraft and then radio the information to the aircraft. From Italian. “A solo oboe was a prophetic voice in the wilderness.”
Quote of the Day: “I had to stop driving my car for a while… the tires got dizzy.”… Steven Wright