Monday, June 17th. Day 169 of 2024
It’s Eat Your Vegetables Day
1775: The British take Bunker Hill outside Boston
1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
1939: The last public guillotining took place in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles
Watergate Complex
1994: Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman
2015: Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
2021: Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Biden
In the News: One airlifted another injured in Friday crash in Stony Point…Fatal crash Sunday night in Caldwell County…Taylorsville Town Board meets today in closed session to discuss candidates for Town Manager…Interviews for County Manager begins this week…Summer Food pick-up is today…Rowe name NC DARE Officer of the Year…Hiddenite man facing Catawba County charges…Taylorsville man jailed
Weather: More clouds than Sun
Sports: DeChambeau takes advantage of Rory’s miss and wins US Open at Pinehurst…Tennessee sends UNC into loser’s bracket at College World Series…NC State plays to stay alive today…Boston can wrap it up tonight in NBA…Edmonton still skating but down 3-1 to Florida, Game 5 Tuesday…Dodgers lose Betts and Braves lose Harris to injuries…Blaney wins in Iowa
Happy Brithday: Newt Gingrich, Barry Manilow, Joe Piscopo, Greg Kinnear, Jason Patric, Will Forte, Venus Williams
Joe’s dog continues to bite https://www.yahoo.com/news/bidens-dog-commander-bit-secret-155116014.html
Word of the Day: billibong [ bil-uh-bawng ] A branch of a river flowing away from the main stream but leading to no other body of water; a blind or dead-end channel. A creek bed holding water only in the rainy season. Word is of Australian decent.
Quote of the Day: “It has long been apparent that many people in the media don’t believe you’re competent to make your own decisions”… Harry Browne (Born this day in 1933)