Wednesday, March 25th. Day 84 of 2026
It’s Waffles Day
1669: Mt Etna erupts in Sicily killing 20,000
1934: Horton Smith wins the first Masters Golf Championship
1954: RCA markets their first Color TV set. It sells for $1,000
1965: Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
1974: NC State beat Marquette to win the NCAA Basketball title
1976: “My Fair Lady” opens on Broadway
2001: “Gladiator” wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Russell Crowe wins Best Actor. Julia Roberts is named Best Actress in “Erin Brokovich”
2016: The Rolling Stones perform a free outdoor concert in Havana, Cuba, before an estimated crowd of 500,000
2019: Apple introduces new TV streaming platform Apple TV+
2024: Door from “Titanic” that saved Kate Winslet’s character (and killed Leo DiCaprio’s) sells for $718,750 at auction
News: Three Taylorsville residents remain in custody after gunfire rings-out Monday night…Statesville man arrested on child porn related offenses…Clerk of Courts Office issues SCAM ALERT…Medicine Drop and Shred It Event coming Saturday
Weather: Sunny
Sports: Pound the Patriots Day on Tuesday for Cougar Athletics as AC teams win big in Morganton…Davis fired by UNC…Hornets win…Canes lay an egg in Montreal…Panthers leading tackler this past season signs with Tampa Bay…Baseball Season opens tonight
Happy Birthday: Gene Shalit, Jim Lovell, Tom Monaghan, Paul Michael Glaser, Elton John, Marcia Cross, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Glavine, Danica Patrick, Katharine McPhee
Gene Price drops by this morning at 7:45 to talk about next month’s Caitlyn Price Memorial Golf Event that’s coming next month
Word of the Day: tam o’ shanter [tam-uh-shan-ter] a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center. Often referred to as a tammy, named after the hero of Tam O’Shanter (1791), poem by Robert Burns.
Quote of the Day: “Don’t say Aretha is making a comeback, because I’ve never been away!”…Arentha Franklin (Born this day in 1942)