Friday, August 9th. Day 222 of 2024
I’m one, it’s Book Lovers Day
Betty Boop
Happy Betty Boop Day ! The saucy little vixen first appeared in a Comic Strip on this day in 1930
1854: Henry David Thoreau published “Walden”
1936: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympic Games
1944: The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time
1945: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by a United States B-29. Thirty-five thousand people are killed instantly. Countless others perish as the result of radiation
1969: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men’s hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent in Los Angeles
1974: Richard Nixon becomes the first President to resign from office. Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president
1999: Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet
In the News: More than 300 businesses and households were without power on Monday as Debby passed…Hiddenite man gets prison time…Taylorsville man facing drug charges again…Stony Point woman jailed with large bond after missing court appearance…Stony Point man arrested in Alexander then taken to custody in Statesville
Weather: Some Sunshine, High in mid to upper 80’s
Sports: Cougar Football scrimmage scheduled for this morning at Davie County moved to Monday…Panthers look awful in first preseason game…USA Basketball puts on mad rally to advance to Gold Medal Game…Braves slide continues…White Sox fire manager…NASCAR returns this weekend…Chi Chi passes
Happy Birthday: Bob Cousy, Rod Laver, Sam Elliott, Melanie Griffith, Amanda Bearse, Michael Kors, Brett Hull, Hoda Kotb, Deion Sanders, Gillian Anderson, Eric Bana, Audrey Tautou, Anna Kendrick
Another bad economic sign https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/08/credit-card-debt-and-delinquencies-are-on-the-rise-reports-finds.html
Chi Chi heads to the 19th hole https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2024/08/08/chi-chi-rodriguez-dies-passes-away-age-88-juan-antonio-puerto-rico
Some remember Chi Chi from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WmTsLO-hUI
Word of the Day: diatribe [dahy-uh-trahyb ] A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism From Greek diatribḗ, “pastime, study, discourse;” derivative of diatríbein, literally “thoroughly rub or wear away. “The film critic’s review was more of a diatribe than an analysis, focusing on everything she disliked about the movie”
Quote of the Day: “A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half” … Jeff Cooper