Tuesday, July 5th. Day 186 of 2022
Happy Bikini Day ! Never has something so tiny been so huge
It’s Apple Turnover Day. I like them too but not as much as a Bikini
1811: Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain
1865: William Booth founded the Salvation Army in London
1937: Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation
1946: The bikini bathing suit made its debut during a fashion show in Paris. Micheline Bernardini wore the two-piece outfit
1971: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Nixon
1975: Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title when he defeated Jimmy Connors
1994: Jeff Bezos founds Amazon
1996: In England, Dolly (A Sheep) becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell
In the News: Hickory man drowns off NC coast…Main Ave and Main Ave Drive in Taylorsville will close tonight for power line work…Five now charged with Hickory murder…Statesville man charged with murder…Drug charges filed by Taylorsville Police…Taylorsville woman jailed on Monday…Two Wilkes County men enter pleas in separate murder cases
Weather: Hot and Humid ! Pretty much what you’d expect
Sports: Brzykcy still perfect in AA…Braves beat Cards…Houston hot in AL…Hickory native having a hot run on PGA Tour
Happy Birthday: Robbie Robertson, Huey Lewis, Marc Cohn, Edie Falco, Megan Rapinoe
Craftmaster Funriture turns 50 https://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/craftmaster-furniture-at-50-our-business-has-grown/article_e8b05906-f62c-11ec-aadc-af5d969ee1f7.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
It seems a lot of young adults slept through US History classes https://www.studyfinds.org/americans-cant-spell-independence/
Unusual Cat rescue https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/07/01/kitten-rescued-Walmart-Pepsi-vending-machine/3591656705779/
Quote of the Day: “The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it”…Joan Rivers