Monday, August 29th. Day 241 of 2022
It’s Chop Suey Day
1842: The Treaty of Nanking was signed by the British and the Chinese. The treaty ended the first Opium War and gave the island of Hong Kong to Britain
1898: The Goodyear Tire company is founded
1949: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb
1957: Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina set a filibuster record when he spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes
1958: United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1990: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, in a television interview, declared that America could not defeat Iraq
1997: Netflix is launched
2005: Hurricane Katrina makes landfall devastating New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast
In the News: It’s Back To School Day in Alexander County. those Big Yellow Buses are rolling !…Fire overnight in southwestern Alexander County…Person airlifted after all Saturday at Rocky Face Park…Alexander County man arrested after firing a shot…Stony Point man arrested after alleged assault…Newton man charged with rape of child…Boone Police searching for Wilkes County man who allegedly fired shots at vehicle
Weather: Hot Monday for Back to School, High in upper 80’s
Sports: Cougars slog their way to win over N Gaston Friday night…Panthers pre-season injuries worsen…Tar Heels win opener…Rory roars back to win $18 million…Austin Dillion win Sunday Brunch race at Daytona…Baseball nearing September
Happy Birthday: Bob Beamon, Elliot Gould, Don Schlitz, Rebecca De Mornay Neil Gorsuch, Lea Michele
Back to School means a couple conversations on the Radio this morning. New Alexander Central Principal Jacob Lail will join me at 7:15 and County School Superintendent Dr Jennifer Hefner will check-in at 7:45
New COVID Booster to be released without completed tests https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/latest-covid-booster-shots-will-be-released-before-human-testing-is-complete/
We’re Sleep Deprived Zombies https://studyfinds.org/bad-sleepers-heart-disease/
Quote of the Day: “Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result”…Vince Lombardi