Friday, June 23. Day 174 of 2023
Happy Typewriter Day. Typewriting might have been the smartest elective choice I ever made in High School. Or course, we no longer use typewriters
It’s Take Your Dog to Work Day. I’d advise against it
1860: Congress established the Government Printing Office
1917: In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire
1926: The College Board administers the first SAT exam
1960: “The Pill” is born. The Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill
1965: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released “Tracks of my Tears”
1979: The Charlie Daniels Band releases “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
2016: The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%
In the News: Filing for Taylorsville Town Election begins in July…Vashti Celebration is Saturday…Hudson woman arrested for hit and run in Alexander County…Hiddenite woman nabbed on drug charges… Statesville man convicted on child porn charges
Weather: Clouds hang around another day but Sunny and Warm for the Weekend
Sports: Alex Central’s Sloan signs to play baseball at CVCC…Wake loses heartbreaker in College World Series…Hornets take Miller in NBA Draft…Braves winning streak at 8 after win over Philly…Commissioner says he should have come down harder on Astros…NASCAR runs in Music City
Happy Birthday: Diana Trask, Ted Shackelford, Clarence Thomas, Randy Jackson, Frances McDormand, Selma Blair, KT Tunstall, LaDainian Tomlinson, Duffy
What caused the Titanic bound vessel to implode ? https://apnews.com/article/missing-titanic-submersible-updates-93a59c3c1d48aee2feef46caca418fd1
Musk and Zuckerberg in the cage ?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65981876
Word of the Day: precocious [ pri-koh-shuhs ] Unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
Quote of the Day: “A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in”…Irvin S. Cobb