Thursday, August 24th. Day 236 of 2023
It’s National Burger Day, Waffle Day and Peach Pie Day
1814: British troops invade Washington, D.C. and set the Capital Building and White House ablaze
Hal Smith
Photo: doyouremember.com
1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop
1968: France became the 5th thermonuclear power when they exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific
1989: Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball
1981: Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon
1992: Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew
2006: The planet Pluto was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” by the International Astronomical Union
In the News: Alexander County EMS receives notice of Data Breach…Taylorsville man arrested after shots being fired…Alexander County woman jailed for harboring an escapee…More on Newton convenience store heist…Catawba County man gets prison time
Weather: The Heat and Humidity is back today.
Sports: Alexander Central Women’s Tennis wins again…Coach Carter lauds the defense…Cougar JV Football at home this evening…soccer at home too…ACC again looking at Stanford, Cal and SMU…Braves blank the Mets…Seattle’s win streak snapped…Yankee losing streak is over after Judge goes yard thrice…Shohei might be lost for the season
Happy Birthday: Anne Archer, Mike Huckabee, Steve Guttenberg, Cal Ripken, Jr., Major Garrett, Marlee Matlin, Reggie Miller, Dave Chappelle, Rupert Grint
North Carolina woman reports her death https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/23/us/north-carolina-false-death-report-charges-woman/index.html
Message in a bottle washes ashore https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/08/23/message-bottle/5491692819940/
Ashley Mayo, the new Principal at West Alexander Middle School , visits this morning at 7:45
Word of the Day; obstreperous [ uhb-strep-er-uhs ] adjective; To be noisy, clamorous, or boisterous. Bad tempered or hostile
Quote of the Day: “Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others”…Groucho Marx