Thursday, July 15th. Day 196 of 2021
Hot Dog ! It’s Hot Dog Day !
1870: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union
1916: In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products. It now named the Boeing Corporation
1949: WBTV goes on the air in Charlotte. It was the 13th TV station in the United States
1968: Commercial air travel began between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., when the first plane, a Soviet Aeroflot jet, landed at Kennedy International Airport in New York
1986: Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years.
2003: AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day
2006: Twitter is launched online
In the News: Four new cases of COVID-19 reported Wednesday in Alexander County…Feds say the Parkers surrendered peacefully when they were arrested in Arizona… Taylorsville man charged with Ohio Fugitive Warrants…Alexander County man nabbed in Hickory overnight…Hiddenite man arrested by Alexander County Sheriff’s Office
Weather: It’s not changing. High near 90, maybe a Boomer
Sports: Sports Screenings today at Alexander Central…Wilkinson back in Athens…Hibriten names new Softball Coach…Moonshiners beat Lenoir…Bucks pull even…British Open is underway
Happy Birthday: Linda Ronstadt, Artimus Pyle, Arianna Huffington, Jesse Ventura, Barry Melrose, Kim Alexis, Forest Whitaker, Brigitte Nielsen, Brian Austin Green
Addiction is everything you fear it is https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/longevity/562989-drug-overdose-deaths-hit-all-time-high-in-us
Gee, I thought Baltimore was at the forefront of the “Woke” generation https://foxbaltimore.com/news/project-baltimore/baltimore-city-schools-41-of-high-school-students-earn-below-10-gpa
So this is how the 1% lives https://nypost.com/2021/07/14/inside-michael-douglas-and-catherine-zeta-jones-21-5m-nyc-home/
Quote of the Day:”Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment”… Benjamin Franklin