Happy Summer !
It’s the first FULL day of Summer
Happy World Music Day and it’s National Selfie Day
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: Taylorsville man arrested on felony drug charge in Catawba County…Stony Point man charged in Iredell County…Alexander County man back behind bars…Catawba County warrants served on Taylorsville man…Pickleball courts added at Jaycee Park…Vertical Mile Challenge is Saturday at Rocky Face Park
Weather: Hot Summer Weekend. 90 today, close 95 Saturday and Sunday
Sports: Reddick named Laker coach by name but of course Lebron decides…Stanley Cup finals return to the ice tonight in Edmonton…Birds bomb the Bombers…Cleveland goes 20 games over .500…NASCAR runs in New Hampshire
Happy Birthday: Mariette Hartley, Ray Davies, Meredith Baxter, Michael Gross, Wade Phillips, Ian McEwan, Kathy Mattea, Gretchen Carlson, Juliette Lewis
America’s middle class is shrinking https://www.newsweek.com/america-middle-class-shrinking-1913772
Donald Sutherland play a lot of roles https://variety.com/2024/film/news/donald-sutherland-dead-mash-hunger-games-1236043323/
Word of the Day: avail [ uh-veyl ] To be of use or value to; profit; advantage: from Latin valēre “to be strong, be well, be of worth” “ Effort to reach them have come to no avail”
Quote of the Day: “Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons”… Al Hirschfeld (Born this day in 1903)