Thursday, June 30th. Day 181 of 2022
Happy Handshake Day !
1859: French acrobat Charles Blondin is first to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1908: A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattens 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Russia
1934: Detroit radio executive George Richards pays less than $8,000 to buy the Portsmouth Spartans. He moves the team to Detroit and names the team, the Lions
1936: Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With The Wind” is published
1953: The first Chevy Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan
1997: The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China
2019: President Donald Trump becomes first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea in a meeting with Kim Jong Un
In the News: 12-year old shot overnight in Hickory, 16-year old said to be shooter…Taylorsville Town Council approves budget…Unemployment goes up in May for all area counties…Hickory man gets 19.5 year in Federal Prison…Man charged with attempted murder and arson in Caldwell County now in Taylorsville Jail…Alexander County man facing charges
Weather: Pretty typical stuff for last day of June. Let’s hope we get a Boomer
Sports: Cougar Football has 7 on 7 scrimmage today at West Iredell…Coach Carter talks about big changes in program…Braves stay hot…Yankees on rampage…MadBum takes another loss
Happy Birthday: Robert Ballard, David Alan Grier, Mike Tyson, Fantasia Barrino, Michael Phelps
It makes me sad https://apnews.com/article/journalism-united-states-39ef84c1131267233768bbb4dcaa181b
Another senseless TikTok challenge https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/06/29/Sanibel-Florida-beach-holes-TikTok/1081656532270/
Chris Deal
Quote of the Day: “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life”… Winston Churchill