Friday July 10th. Day 191 of 2026
It’s French Fry Day
Happy Pina Colada Day ! Hail to Rupert Holmes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXG_I_tf_i4&list=RDFXG_I_tf_i4&start_radio=1
1900: ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone
1940: The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II
1962: Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit
1965: The Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1973: Bahamas declares independence from the United Kingdom and adopts constitution
1991: Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia
1992: Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations
2019: The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Mexico
News: Lightening strike destroys Wilkes County home and critically injures occupant…Taylorsville Town Council wants input on parking issues…Catawba County submits plan to State for consolidating districts…Taylorsville man charged with possession of meth while on grounds of county jail…Conover man get prison sentence for attempted murder…Hickory woman arrested for felony child abuse…Iredell man jailed after assaulting two women and leading officers on chase in stolen vehicle
Weather: Hot and Stormy this weekend
Sports: Cougar Football kick-off in six weeks !…Braves win a series…The fish are cooking…Yanks avoid sweep…France advances…NASCAR runs Atlanta
Happy Birthday: Arlo Guthrie, Andre Dawson, Béla Fleck, Urban Meyer, Sofía Vergara, Jessica Simpson
The “Striking Viking” is taking America by storm https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2026/07/09/erling-haaland-conquered-us-unlike-anyone-else-world-cup/
Word of the Day: antebellum [an-tee-bel-uhm] period before or during the American Civil War,. From Latin meaning before the war. “A tour of Wilmington’s antebellum homes is very interesting.”
Quote of the Day: “Washington, D.C. is a city filled with people who believe they are important.”… David Brinkley ( Born in Wilmington NC this day in 1920)