Thursday, June 19th. Day 170 of 2025
It’s Juneteenth. The day in 1865 when the US announced that former slaves were free
Today is Sauntering Day. Can you Saunter ?
Happy Last Day of Spring !
1586: English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in America
1846: The New York Knickerbocker Club played the New York Club in the first organized baseball game
1910: The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington
1934: Congress established the Federal Communications Commission
1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the Senate
1978: Garfield was in newspapers around the U.S. for the first time
2006: The Carolina Hurricanes win their first Stanley Cup
2018: The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued
In the News: Two area men get long prison sentences for drug trafficking…Hickory man tries to run bet he doesn’t get far…Newton man jailed in Alexander County…Hiddenite man detained without bond…New domestic violence shelter opens in Stony Point…Vashti Day Celebration is set for June 28
Weather: Hot and Humid maybe an afternoon Storm
Sports: AC’s Men’s Basketball Team under new coach Grant Hodges getting work in Summer Scrimmages…OKC goes for NBA Title tonight…Coastal Carolina and LSU will play for College World Series Title…Yanks score but lose again…Braves blank the Mets…The Stanley Cup gets damaged…NASCAR fines driver
Happy Birthday: Salman Rushdie, Phylicia Rashad, Ann Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Paula Abdul, Poppy Montgomery, Boris Johnson, Dirk Nowitzki, Zoe Saldana
Remember Chris Washburn ? https://hickoryrecord.com/sports/professional/nba/article_5e24e7b4-dbd5-44f5-ba93-16fc979ac260.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
Word of the Day: Nordic [nawr-dik] A member of the Nordic people, especially a Scandinavian(Denmark, Sweeden,Norway) Having or suggesting the physical characteristics associated with these people, typically tall stature, blond hair, blue eyes, and elongated head. Relating to skiing events involving ski jumping and cross-country skiing. From French meaning North. “The Nordic Skier took the medal stand and offered a Scandinavian smile”
Quote of the Day: “Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive”… Elbert Hubbard