Monday, July 24th. Day 205 of 2023
It’s Drive Thru-Day. Don’t be a schmuck to people working the drive-thru
Happy Tequila Day !
1847: Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah
1866: Tennessee became the first state to be readmitted to the Union after the not-so Civil War
1921: Frederick Banting and Charles Best isolate insulin at the University of Toronto
1965: President Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking
1969: The Apollo 11 astronauts, Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins, splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean
1974: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Nixon had to turn over subpoenaed White House tape recordings to the Watergate special prosecutor
George Brett Objects…emphatically !
1988: Russell Eugene Weston Jr. bursts into the United States Capitol and opens fire killing two police officers. He is later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial
In the News: Filing for Town of Taylorsville Election closes, 13 are vying for Town Council…Hickory’s Wells running for Governor…Alexander County man arrested Sunday…Taylorsville man charged…Wilkes Woman arrested in Alexander County…Lenoir man charged with attempted arson
Weather: Tons of Sun, high of 87 today
Sports: Alexander Central Football practice begins a week from today…Panther Rookies in camp, vets report today…Hornets sale approved by NBA…Harman too much for the field in British Open…Some beating and banging in Pocono…Braves keep winning and keep putting pitchers on disabled list
Happy Birthday: Ruth Buzzi, Lynda Carter, Michael Richards, Pam Tillis, Barry Bonds, Kristin Chenoweth, Rick Fox, Elisabeth Moss, Anna Paquin
A breakthrough in restoring vison ? https://apnews.com/article/gene-therapy-blindness-rare-diseases-58f81838894dfb8568affde0b7e4d2f1
Big Brown on the brink of a strike https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/22/business/teamsters-president/index.html
Word of the Day: syncope [ sing-kuh-pee ] The medical term for fainting. Syncope comes from the Greek word meaning “cutting short.”
Quote of the Day: “Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn’t be done”… Amelia Earhart (Born this day in 1898)