Friday, July 7th. Day 188 of 2023
Happy Macaroni Day ! Mac and Cheese is a Juvenile Food Group. I love it too
1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged
1907: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of his New York Theater
1928: Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri
1954: Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when a Memphis station played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right”
1958: President Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law
1981: President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court
2000: NASCAR driver Kenny Irwin dies in a crash at New Hampshire Speedway
2017: Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3
In the News: Filing Period for Town of Taylorsville Election begins at Noon today…Alexander Deputies charge man with sexual battery…Statesville man gets 12 months in Alexander County Jail…Stony Point woman facing felony charges…Hickory Police charge man with rape…Car Dealership in has 6 vehicles stolen from lot
Weather: 90 for the high, Boomer likely this afternoon
Sports: Cougar Football Kicks-Off season 6 weeks from tonight !…Crawdads have won 15 straight…Rays have dropped 5 in a row…MLB Draft begins Sunday…Tar Heels get another transfer…NASCAR under the light again on Sunday in Atlanta
Happy Birthday: Ringo Starr, Shelley Duvall, Corbin Bernsen, Jessica Hahn, Ralph Sampson, Michelle Kwan
Boots and Dog Tags worn by Alan Aldo on M*A*S*H to be auctioned https://apnews.com/article/mash-tv-auction-alan-alda-a68b956e3311f59ae8be516b927ce881
The latest on the Costner Divorce battle https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/judge-orders-kevin-costners-estranged-212502212.html
Word of the Day; turgid [ tur-jid ] swollen or inflated. Overblown or pompous; bombastic
Quote of the Day: “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching”… Satchel Paige (Born this day in 1905.1906. or maybe 1907)