Monday, June 19th. Day 170 of 2023
Happy Martini Day ! Don’t forget the olive
1586: English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in America
1846: The New York Knickerbocker Club played the New York Club in the first organized baseball game
1910: The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington
1934: Congress established the Federal Communications Commission
1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the Senate
1978: Garfield was in newspapers around the U.S. for the first time
2006: The Carolina Hurricanes win their first Stanly Cup
2018: The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued
In the News: Person suffers severe injury after being tossed from the back of a pickup Friday night in Alexander…Taylorsville Police charge man after chase on Sunday…County Commissioners expected to approve budget this evening…Alexander County receives grant for Paragon Films expansion project…Statesville Police nab some suspected drug dealers
Weather: Rain, maybe a lot of rain over the next few days
Sports: Clark wins US Open…MJ sells his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets…Wake Forest play tonight in College World Series…Reds, Giants and Braves on hot streaks
Happy Birthday: Gena Rowlands, Phylicia Rashad, Ann Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Paula Abdul, Dirk Nowitzki, Zoe Saldana
What’s open and what’s closed today https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/whats-open-and-closed-on-juneteenth-heres-what-to-know/ar-AA1cD4T5
Word of the Day: immensurable [ ih-men-ser-uh-buhl ] To be immeasurable, incapable of being measured; limitless.
Quote of the Day: “I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster”…Joe E. Lewis