Friday, June 20th. Day 171 of 2025
It’s Tennis Day. People have become so lazy, they play Pickleball
It’s Take Your Dog To Work Day
Happy Vanilla Milkshake Day !
1782: Congress approves the Great Seal of the United States with the bald eagle as its symbol
1840: Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1944: Congress charters the Central Intelligence Agency
1963: Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called “red telephone” link between Washington and Moscow
1972: An 18½-minute gap is discovered in the tape recording of conversations between President Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex
1975: The film “Jaws” hits the theaters
1994: O.J. Simpson is arraigned for the murders of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman
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2017: Mattel releases 15 new body types for their Ken doll, including one with a man bun
In the News: Parts of Caldwell County experiences flooding after downpours on Thursday…Two Wilkesboro Vape Shops raided for selling “Gas Station Heroin…Taylorsville woman jailed…Stony Point man facing charges…Taylorsville man arrested overnight…Hickory Police charge man with statutory rape
Weather: Sunny for first day of Summer. Less humid but some hot temps this weekend
Sports: Indiana forces a Game VII in NBA Finals…Brzykcy twirls another scoreless inning for Washington…Braves sweep Mets…Yankees end 6-game swoon…Dodgers lose after asking Border Patrol Agents to leave…Coastal Carolina and LSU begin College World Series best of 3 on Saturday…NASCAR run Pocono this weekend…
Happy Birthday: Anne Murray, Bob Vila, Lionel Richie, John Goodman, Nicole Kidman
“Gas Station Heroin” What is it and what you need to know https://www.newsweek.com/what-tianeptine-warning-issued-over-gas-station-heroin-2086019
Can you imagine how much fentanyl and methamphetamine would have poured into our country through this illegal passage way ? https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/border-patrol-finds-tunnel-connecting-san-diego-tijuana/509-7a56a715-9481-46da-924c-d284cb09ad42
Word of the Day: remediate [ri-mee-dee-eyt] To remove or reduce. To clean or reduce the effect of. The correction of something bad or defective. From Latin. “The tunnel found under the US-Mexican border is under an order to be remediated as soon as possible”
Quote of the Day: “Relationships are a lot like Algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?” … unknown