Friday, August 4th. Day 216 of 2023
Happy Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. Find an Elf for some good ones
1821: The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper
1944: A Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others
1964: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21. Eventually a number of Mississippi Klan members are convicted in connection with the deaths
1985: Tom Seaver, pitching for the Chicago White Sox gets his 300th Major League win https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Seaver
1987: The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues “fairly”
1997: Teamsters began a 15-day strike against UPS
2009: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year
In the News: Crash shuts down section of Highway 127 on Thursday…State Schools Supt. praises Alexander County Schools reading progress…A conversation with new county manager Shae Fox…Woman jailed after chase in Alexander County…Former Mooresville Police Officer arrested on child-porn related charges
Weather: Sunshine returns today
Sports: Cougar Soccer in event Saturday at West Iredell…Cougar Football Season begins two week from tonight…NFL begins pre-season…Scherzer wins first start for Rangers…Brewers take first in NL Central…Cubs are roaring…Henley leads in soggy Greensboro…NASCAR runs fast in Michigan
Happy Birthday: Frank Vincent, John Riggins, Billy Bob Thornton, Barack Hussein Obama, Roger Clemens, Bret Baier, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Meghan the Duchess of Sussex
Insect doing damage to North Carolina Elm Trees https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-insect-invasive-to-nc-chews-zigzag-pattern-into-elm-leaves/ar-AA1eDUEQ
Word of the Day: loam [ lohm ] A rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.a Atay mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc.
Quote of the Day: “Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it”… Harry S Truman