Thursday, August 11th. Day 223 of 2022
It’s Play in the Sand Day ! You can do it without being at the Beach
Today is Presidential Joke Day. Joe has made is almost too easy
1909: The American ship Arapahoe became the first to ever use the SOS distress signal off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
1929: Babe Ruth hits his 500th homer
1934: Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received federal prisoners for the first time
1967: The Alexander County Courthouse is destroyed in a pre-dawn fire. No injures but the structure was leveled
1984: President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing , the President said of the Soviet Union, “My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
1992: In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States
2002: US Airways announced they were filing for bankruptcy
In the News: As first day of classes near, Alexander County Schools nearly fully staffed…Alexander County records 136 new COVID cases in last 7 days…Career Fair and Open House today at CVCC-Alexander Campus…Winston Salem man charged after Taylorsville crash…Granite Falls man nabbed after trying elude police…Hickory felon arrested this morning
Weather: Maybe a Boomer later today, Some cooler, dryer weather headed this way for the Weekend !
Sports: Carter sees a lot of things to improve on after first Cougar Football scrimmage…Durmire named new ACHS Men’s Golf Coach…Wake Forest will be without starting QB for a while…Braves win in Fenway…Mets, Phillies and Dodgers stay hot…Cleveland moves into first place in AL Central…Yanks have dropped 8 of 10
Happy Birthday: Eric Carmen, Steve Wozniak, Hulk Hogan, Fredrick Smith, Joe Jackson, Chris Kelly,Viola Davis, Chris Hemsworth
Gas prices keep dropping https://apnews.com/article/prices-820e356328581d63f735ffd32eeb24a1
American Airlines cutting Charlotte flights https://www.wbtv.com/2022/08/11/american-airlines-cutting-fall-flights-out-clt-airport/
Utah man steals excavator and uses it to rip up parking lot https://www.foxnews.com/us/utah-man-arrested-stealing-excavator-digging-grocery-store-parking-lot-salt-lake-city-police
Quote of the Day: “Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children”…Alex Haley (Born this day in 1921