Friday, August 7th. Day 219 of 2026
It’s National Lighthouse Day We still have 7 in North Carolina https://www.visitnc.com/story/SBTV/coastal-lighthouses-to-explore-in-north-carolina
1782: George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart
1927: The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York
1942: U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II
1964: Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces
1976: Scientists announced that the Viking 1 spacecraft had found strong indications of possible life on Mars
1999: Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got his 3,000th hit
2004: Greg Maddux pitching for the Cubs wins his 300th game
2007: Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron’s 33-year-old record
News: Incident at Alexander County Correctional Institute on Wednesday will shrouded in mystery…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office make a series of drug arrests overnight…Man gets prison time for firing shots into Catawba County nightclub…Music on the Square Saturday night in Taylorsville
Weather: Partly Sunny with an afternoon high in upper 80’s. Boomer is possible
Sports: Cougars Football hosts North Lincoln tonight in first scrimmage…Panthers win thriller in Hall of Fame Game…Braves and Red Sox extend winning streaks to eight games…PGA Golfers scorch the course in Greensboro…NASCAR runs in Iowa
Happy Birthday: Lee Corso, Garrison Keillor, Alan Page, Rodney Crowell, Jonathan Pollard, Wayne Knight, David Duchovny, Charlize Theron, Sidney Crosby, Mike Trout, Jalen Hurts
Word of the Day: nomad [noh-mad] one who continually moves from place to place; wanderer, member of a people or tribe who move from place to place to find pasture and food. “He lived like a nomad for a few years after college, never holding a job in one place for very long.”
Quote of the Day: “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”…Winston Churchill