Friday, July 2nd Day 183 of 2021
Today at Noon, exhale. We’ll be exactly at the mid-point of the year
Happy World UFO Day. If you see one, let me know
1776: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4th
1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds President James A. Garfield. Garfiled would die in September as the result of his wounds
1900: The first Zeppelin flight takes place in Germany
1947: An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft
1962: The first Wal-Mart store opens in Rogers, Arkansas
1964: President Johnson signed the “Civil Rights Act of 1964” into law
1998: CNN retracted a story that alleged that U.S. commandos had used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the Vietnam War. They still do things like that but seldom retract anything
2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon
In the News: County Offices, Taylorsville Town Hall will be close Monday…Stony Point man jailed…Catawba County man to serve 13-20 years for Child Sexual Assault…Lenoir man jailed without bond in Alexander County…Police say man killed his family then himself in Lenoir…Wilkes County man arrested after chase in stolen vehicle
Weather: Some Showers, maybe a Boomer today. Weekend looks Great !
Sports: Cougar Football kicks-off 2021 season 7 weeks from tonight…Bucks win, take lead in series…Brewers win 9th straight…Red Sox win 7th straight…Dodger winning streak at 6…Braves walk-off to beat Mets…NASCAR on the Road Course this weekend…
Happy Birthday: Richard Petty, Polly Holliday, Larry David, Jerry Hall, Clark Kellogg, Jose Canseco, Johnny Weir, Ashley Tisdale, Lindsay Lohan, Alex Morgan
Not what we WANT to hear, but it’s what we NEED to hear. COVID cases rising again https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-covid-cases-10-percent-hypertransmissible-delta-variant-spreads-n1272895
Maybe these Homing Pigeons need a GPS device https://apnews.com/article/fl-state-wire-oddities-0071ceb13836cf64b0f891d80aca75b6
Thanks to everyone who called, texted, messaged, posted, visited yesterday. I’m overwhelmed to have so many people who took time to wish me Happy Birthday
Quote of the Day: “Cure for an obsession: get another one”…Mason Cooley