Happy Summer !
It’s Here, Today is the first day of Summer !
Happy Smoothie Day. I love smoothies
1788: The U.S. Constitution went into effect when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it
1834: Cyrus McCormick patented the first practical mechanical reaper for farming. His invention allowed farmers to more than double their crop size
1893: The Ferris Wheel was introduced at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago
1954: The American Cancer Society reported significantly higher death rates among cigarette smokers than among non-smokers
1964: Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Mississippi by members of the Ku Klux Klan
1985: Scientists announced that skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were those of Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele
2009: Greenland assumes self-rule
In the News: New County Manager comments on budget process…Catawba County man charged with attempted murder…Taylorsville couple arrested…Hiddenite man arrested again…Taylorsville woman charged with vehicle tampering
Weather: First Day of Summer but put the Sunglasses away
Sports: Cougar Football less than two months away… Wake Forest plays tonight in College World Series…Reds have won 10 straight…Giants have won 8 in a row and the Braves have won their last 7
Happy Birthday: Mariette Hartley, Ray Davies, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Wade Phillips, Ian McEwan, Kathy Mattea, Gretchen Carlson, Juliette Lewis
Fishing Tournament Winner is…https://www.yahoo.com/sports/massive-marlin-disqualified-n-c-122703711.html
LSU fans set a record at College World Series https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/06/20/College-World-Series-LSU-Jell-O-shots-record/2431687283085/
Word of the Day: subsequent [ suhb-si-kwuhnt ] Occurring or coming later or after. Following in order or succession; succeeding. Sentence: Subsequent to their arrival in Chicago, they bought a new car.
Quote of the Day: “Publicity can be terrible, but only if you don’t have any”… Jane Russell (Born this day in 1921)