Wednesday, March 18th. Day 77 of 2026
It’s Sloppy Joe Day !
1766: Britain repeals the Stamp Act, which had caused outrage in colonial America
1850: Henry Wells & William Fargo form American Express in Buffalo
1892: The Stanley Cup is created when Lord Stanley presents a silver challenge cup for hockey
1922: WBT Radio in Charlotte NC begins broadcasting
1931: Shick markets the first electric shavers in the United States
1953: The Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
1965: Soviet Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov leaves his spacecraft for 12 minutes and becomes the first person to walk in space
2018: Vladimir Putin is elected to a new six-year term as Russian President https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin
2020: President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agree to close the US-Canada border to non-essential travel to curb COVID-19
News: Alexander County Sheriff’s office investigating unattended death…Taylorsville man facing felony drug charge in Iredell County…Man wanted for attempted murder in California and Nevada captured in Catawba County…South iredell HNS student arrested on campus…
Weather: Sunny, not nearly as Windy. High near 50. 70’s by Friday and maybe 80 on Sunday
Sports: Alexander Central alum is medalist in College Golf Match…Team USA falls short in World Baseball Classic…Texas nips the Pack in NCAA Tournament…Hornets cool the Heat…Canes take gut-punch…
Happy Birthday: Carl Gottlieb, Ben Cohen, Ingemar Stenmark, Irene Cara, Mike Rowe, Vanessa Williams, Bonnie Blair, Queen Latifah, Adam Levine
It’s a fact to say, the 2025-2026 Lady Cougar Basketball Team is the greatest in School history. No Basketball team from ACHS had ever reached the Regional Final before them. For now they are the Gold Standard. Join me after the 7:30 News. We’ll put a Big Blue and Gold Ribbon on the season with Coach Jon Presnell !
Former Baywatch Babe nabbed https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/baywatch-alum-alexandra-paul-arrested-052028996.html
Word of the Day; beatific [bee-uh-tif-ik] bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like, relating to a state of celestial happiness. From Latin adjective beātificus, which means “making happy. “Her gaze was beatific.”
Quote of the Day: “I feel old only when I look at my hands or at myself in the mirror.”… John Updike (Born this day in 1932)