Friday, July 24th. Day 205 of 2026
It’s National Drive-Thru Day. I’ve said this many times Be nice to the people who handle your food !
Happy Cousins Day and Tequila Day
1847: Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah
1866: Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the not-so Civil War
1921: Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolate insulin at the University of Toronto
1965: President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking
1969: The Apollo 11 astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean after historic Moon mission
1974: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor
1983: George Brett playing for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the “Pine Tar Incident”
1988: Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial
1998: “Saving Private Ryan,” directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, is released
News: Water restrictions dropped back to voluntary in Town of Taylorsville…Wilkes County Pastor sentenced to prison from child-sex crimes…Big meth bust in Caldwell…Taylorsville man charged with possession of drugs…Statesville Police finally confirm report of shooting into uptown establishment…Man charged by Taylorsville for urinating in public
Weather: More Clouds, more showers today. Weekend looks better
Sports: Cougar Football kicks-off season 4 weeks from tonight !…New Commissioner named for NCHSAA…Panthers lose starting linebacker for the season…Braves win matinee over the Padres…NASCAR runs Indy this weekend…Alex Bowman announces he’ll retire after 2027 season
Happy Birthday: Lynda Carter, Michael Richards, Pam Tillis, Karl Malone, Barry Bonds, Kristin Chenoweth, Rick Fox, JJ Reddick, Elisabeth Moss, Jennifer Lopez, Anna Paquin
Word of the Day: eschew [es-choo] to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid. “If you eschew something, you deliberately avoid it.”
Quote of the Day: “Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done.”…Amelia Earhart (Born this day in 1898)