Monday, July 10. Day 191 of 2023
Happy Pina Colada Day !… and getting caught in the rain (Did you get it?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXG_I_tf_i4
1900: ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone
1940: The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II
Telstar 1 (replica)
Photo: wikimedia
1965: The Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1991: Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia
1992: Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations
2012: The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage
2015: The Confederate flag is taken down for the last time from South Carolina Capitol in Columbia
In the News: Five announce for Office on 1st day of Taylorsville Election Filing…Molly Grantham coming to Bethlehem…Fatal crash in Lenoir…Stony Point held without bond…Taylorsville man arrested for probation violation…Man jailed after waiving knife at Officers during Wilkes County chase…Statesville man charge with truck stop heist
Weather: Clouds to start, Sunshine and 87 this afternoon
Sports: Baseball hits the All-Star Break with Atlanta holding best record…Home Run Derby tonight…LSU players go top two in MLB Draft, Easter NC High School OF goes #5…Former NC State Football Coach dies…Byron outruns the rain in Atlanta
Happy Birthday: Arlo Guthrie, Andre Dawson, Béla Fleck, Urban Meyer, Sofía Vergara, Jessica Simpson
No, Forest Gump did not invent the Smiley Face. This guy did and he was born on this day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball
Be careful where you hide https://apnews.com/article/man-dead-freezer-minnesota-hiding-police-60d8bbbe50a7bcdc8694d12e20923ca1
Word of the Day; maritime [ mar-i-tahym ]
Associated with the sea or waterways to the sea in relation to navigation, shipping, etc.
Of or relating to the sea or waterways to the sea. Bordering on the sea
Quote of the Day: “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can”…Arthur Ashe (Born this day in 1943)