Friday, August 21st. Day 233 of 2026
It’s Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day. Leave it alone !
Happy Senior Citizens Day !
1888: The adding machine was patented by William Burroughs
1911: Davinci’s Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre Museum employee. It was recovered and returned to display in 1914
1923: In Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner
1925: John T. Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution in the “Scopes monkey trial” in Tennessee, fined $100 and costs
1959: Hawaii became the 50th state. President Eisenhower also issued the order for the 50 star flag
1951: Patsy Cline records Willie Nelson’s “Crazy”
1984: Victoria Roche, a reserve outfielder, became the first girl to ever compete in a Little League World Series game
1987: “Dirty Dancing” partially filmed in Lake Lure,NC hits the theaters
2017: A full Lunar Eclipse traverses the continental United States
News: Man Charged with murder of Bethlehem man will not face death penalty…Bethlehem Swim Beach will test water quality this morning to determine it can open…Newton Man gets prison sentence…Big drug bust on Blue Ridge Parkway…Summer Concert Series returns to uptown Taylorsville Saturday night
Weather: Partly Sunny to start but storms likely after 4 pm
Sports: Lady Cougar Volleyball gets win…JV Cougar Football falls to Newton Conover…AC travels to Newton tonight. The Cougars will be better this season but how much better ?…Panthers at Jacksonville this evening…Braves end slide…Yankees win in Baltimore…Five-way tie at FedEx Cup event…NASCAR in New Hampshire
Happy Birthday: Jackie DeShannon, Peter Weir, Archie Griffin, Jim McMahon, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sergey Brin, Usain Bolt, Kacey Musgraves, Mike Evans
We play Cougar Football Trivia this morning at 7:45. Winner gets $25 Gift Card from PJ’s Seafood and Steak
Word of the Day: spumone [spuh-moh-nee] an Italian style of ice cream (gelato) of a very fine and smooth texture, usually containing layers of various colors and flavors and chopped fruit or nuts. “Today is Spunome Day.”
Quote of the Day: “Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath.”… Wilt Chamberlain (Born this day 1936)