Tuesday, June 21st. Day 172 of 2022
Happy First Day of Summer !
It’s Yoga Day and Go Skateboarding Day, National Selfie Day and Smoothie Day too
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: Alexander Commissioners approve new budget without proposed property tax cut…Another victim dies after Iredell crash…Wilkes woman gets prison time for a pair of hit and run deaths…Taylorsville man facing drug trafficking charges…Lenoir man arrested with stolen vehicle in Alexander County
Weather: Sunny with a high around 92
Sports: Lightening win on home ice…Braves nip the Giants…Yanks keep winning…College World Series update…Who is willing to coach the Charlotte Hornets ?
Happy Birthday: Bernie Kopell, Mariette Hartley, Ray Davies, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Wade Phillips, Ian McEwan, Kathy Mattea, Gretchen Carlson, Juliette Lewis
How about lunch with Warren Buffett ? https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2022/06/20/warren-buffett-ebay-auction-lunch/7681611001/
Man lands largest freshwater catch ever https://apnews.com/article/science-thailand-southeast-asia-united-states-cb2d4c4b1420b91db3d9ed3ca700d787
Beavis and Butthead are back ! https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2022/06/21/Beavis-Butt-Head-Mike-Judge/5501655494300/
Quote of the Day: “Publicity can be terrible, but only if you don’t have any”… Jane Russell (Born this day in 1921)