Thursday, June 26th. Day 177 of 2025
Happy Chocolate Pudding Day !
1819: The bicycle was patented by W.K. Clarkson, Jr
1844: John Tyler took Julia Gardiner as his bride, thus becoming the first U.S. President to marry while in office
1917: General John “Black Jack” Pershing arrived in France with the American Expeditionary Force
1948: The Berlin Airlift began as the U.S., Britain and France started ferrying supplies to the isolated western sector of Berlin
JFK At The Berlin Wall
1974: In Troy, Ohio, a Marsh supermarket installed the first bar code scanning equipment, made by IBM, and a product with a bar code was scanned for the first time. The product was Juicy Fruit gum
1977: Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena
1997: J. K. Rowling publishes the first of her Harry Potter novel series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in United Kingdom
2003: The Supreme Court rules in Lawrence v. Texas that state-based sodomy laws are unconstitutional
In the News: A shooting and a stabbing on Wednesday in Alexander County…Hiddenite man back in jail again…Caldwell County woman arrested after toddler gets access to her illegal drugs…Morganton child shot in foot…Man from Minnesota charged with child solicitation in Burke County
Weather: Another Hot one. Maybe an afternoon Thunderstorm
Sports: Cougar Football in 7on7 event today at West Iredell…Annual Alexander Central Athletics Golf Tournament set for July 18th…Flagg goes #1 to Dallas…Hornets take Kuneppel and trade Williams…Mets take the Braves…NHL talking about adding expanding schedule by two games
Happy Birthday: Mick Jones, Chris Isaak, Patty Smyth, Greg LeMond, Shannon Sharpe, Sean Hayes, Chris O’Donnell, Derek Jeter, Michael Vick, Ariana Grande
Woops ! https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/leann-rimes-lost-her-teeth-214053450.html
It has to be a record for calling 911 https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/accused-stalker-910756
Word of the Day: scruple [skroo-puhl a moral or ethical consideration or standard. A very small portion or amount. “A survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams.”
Quote of the Day: “Hunger makes a thief of any man”… Pearl S. Buck (Born in 1892)