Monday, July 21. Day 202 of 2025
It’s National Hug Your Kids Day and Junk Food Day
1861: The 1st major engagement of the Civil War is fought. The Battle of Bull Run was fought in Virginia
1925: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution
1930: The Veteran’s Administration was established
1930: Duke University Hospital opened in Durham
1954: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
1969: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
1973: Henry Aaron hits his 700th career homer
1987: Guns & Roses debut album “Appetite for Destruction” is released, it becomes the top selling debut album of all time
2011: NASA’s Space Shuttle program ends
2024: Joe announces he will withdraw and not seek Presidential re-election
In the News: Taylorsville woman pleads guilty to murder…Taylorsville woman charged with hit and run…Alexander County man charged with assaulting Detention Officer…Man dies in Burke County Jail…Former Catawba County Daycare employee enters plea
Weather: HOT, HUMID, BOOMER possible this afternoon
Sports: Taylorsville’s NASCAR Hall of Famer Rex White passes at 95…Hamlin tames Dover…Hickory FC reaches League Semi-Final…Scottie wins British Open…Hornets take NBA Summer League title…Brew Crew has won 10 straight
Happy Birthday: Cat Stevens Garry Trudeau, Doug Collins, Michael Connelly, Jon Lovitz, Brandi Chastain, Ali Landry, Josh Hartnett, Jamie Waylett
Peacock raising rates https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peacock-price-hike-july-2025-streaming-subscription-costs-rise/
Word of the Day: khaki [kak-ee ] Dull yellowish brown. A stout, twilled cotton cloth of this color, used especially in making uniforms. A garment made of this cloth, especially trousers. Hindi word meaning dust colored brown. Today we typically associate khaki with fashionable casualness and a summery look
Quote of the Day: “Politics is so personal, vicious and immediate, how are you going to get anything done? Even the local politics where I live have gotten so ugly”…Robin Williams (Born this day in 1951)