Friday, July 18th. Day 199 of 2025
It’s Caviar Day. I’ve tried it, not bad but not the best either
1692: Five people are hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts
1925: Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf
1910: Cy Young wins the 500th game of his Baseball career as the Cleveland Naps beat Washington Senators
1936: The first Oscar Meyer Wienermobile rolled out of General Body Company’s factory in Chicago
1942: The German Me-262, the first jet-propelled aircraft to fly in combat, made its first flight
1968: Intel is founded in California
2013: The city of Detroit, with up to $20 billion in debt, files for the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history
In the News: Video released of Caldwell County Commissioners fighting at meeting this week…Taylorsville woman given jail sentence…Hickory man found in contempt of court in Alexander County…Lenoir man jailed and charged with convenience store heist and sexual assault…Two armed robberies in Burke County…Music and Fireworks on the Square Friday night in Taylorsville
Weather: Hot and Humid throughout the Weekend. PM storms are likely
Sports: Cougar Football Kicks-Off the Chris Marshall era 5 weeks from tonight…Round II of British Open underway…Hornets go 4-0 in Summer League…Baseball returns today from All-Star Break…NASCAR runs the Monster Mile
Coach Jerry Moore
CBS to pull the plug on Stephen Colbert https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/cbs-cancel-show-stephen-colbert-232153421.html
A Basic Instinct reboot ? https://www.thewrap.com/basic-instinct-reboot-joe-eszterhas/
Word of the Day: funambulist [fyoo-nam-byuh-list] : A tightrope walker. One who is adept and considered quick with wit. Latin word meaning “tightrope walker” “The funambulist dazzled the crowd with his strength and balance.”
Quote of the Day: “I’m nuts and I know it. But so long as I make ’em laugh, they ain’t going to lock me up”…. Red Skelton (Born this day in 1913)