Wednesday, August 3rd. Day 215 of 2022
It’s Watermelon Day ! Let’s have some
Happy White Wine Day
1492: Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain. He would discover (by accident) the Americas
1859: The American Dental Association is founded
1900: The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded
1949: The National Basketball Association is created
1958: The world’s first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole
1981: U.S. Air-Traffic Controllers with PATCO, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers went on strike.They were fired just as U.S. President Reagan had warned
1992 The Senate voted to restrict and eventually end the testing of nuclear weapons
2004: The Statue of Liberty re-opened to the public. The site had been closed since the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001
In the News: County Commissioners hear update on Tax Revaluation…Two men found dead in Statesville motel room…Hudson woman jailed in Alexander County…Lenoir woman in jail after chase…Catawba County man busted for trafficking opioids
Weather: Sunny and hot, high of 92
Sports: 80 Cougar Football players on practice field Tuesday…Dolphins get sacked by the NFL…Panthers have linebacker woes…Insane day of trades in Baseball…Braves rout Phillies…Vin Scully has died, quite simply he was the best
Happy Birthday: Marv Levy, Tony Bennett, Lance Alworth, Martin Sheen, Martha Stewart, John Landis, Marcel Dionne, Jay North, James Hetfield, Tom Brady, Evangeline Lilly
We sure owe a lot https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-household-debt-surpasses-16-150000549.html
Death at Kenny Chesney concert https://nypost.com/2022/08/03/kenny-chesney-devastated-over-death-of-a-fan-following-denver-concert/
Went to Cougar Football practice on Tuesday. It made so happy to the young men out there, I darned near teared up
Quote of the Day” “If you go long enough without a bath, even the fleas will leave you alone”…Ernie Pyle (Born this day in 1900)