Friday, July 20
It’s Cheese Lovers Day
Happy Take a Walk Outdoors Day ! I’m on it, probably around 2pm
1841: The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997
1887: The Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base
1892: The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School
1942: Nazi officials held the Wannsee Conference accepting the “Final Solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews. The film “Conspiracy” is a brilliant, fact based, film about the gathering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference
1981: Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The release occurred minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan
1994: Shannon Faulkner became the first woman to attend classes at The Citadel. Faulkner dropped out
The Eagles
In the News: Taylorsville man jailed on charges that include assault on unborn child…Catawba County Father and Son arrested by Taylorsville Police…Shooting incident in Hickory, man charged…Conover man nabbed for drug trafficking…Iredell authorities continue search for murder suspect
Weather: Sunny and Windy, High 52
Sports: Big conference games at home vrs Freedom tonight in the Cougar Den…NC State at UNC on Saturday highlights the ACC…Canes win but might have lost a key player…Panthers have chinwag with Sean Payton today…NFL Playoff front and center Saturday and Sunday
Happy Birthday: Buzz Aldrin, Paul Stanley, Lorenzo Lamas, Bill Maher, Edwin McCain, Kellyanne Conway, Nikki Haley, Rae Carruth
I find it difficult to believe anything Alec Baldwin ever says https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/will-alec-baldwin-face-jail-time-involuntary-manslaughter-rust-case-215959646.html
David Crosby has died https://apnews.com/article/david-crosby-dies-obit-3a1142b65616fa95c34c837a94f2c69f?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_04
Word of the Day: haulageway [ haw-lij-wey ] a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine
Quote of the Day: “Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed” …George Burns (Born this day in 1896)