Monday, Augusts 7th. Day 219 of 2023
It’s National Lighthouse Day ! Did you know there are seven active Lighthouses in North Carolina ? Here they are https://www.visitnc.com/story/SBTV/coastal-lighthouses-to-explore-in-north-carolina
1782: George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart
1927: The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York
1942: U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II
1964: Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces
1976: Scientists announced that the Viking 1 spacecraft had found strong indications of possible life on Mars
1999: Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got his 3,000th hit
2004: Greg Maddux pitching for the Cubs wins his 300th game
2007: Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his 756th career home run to surpass Hank Aaron’s 33-year-old record
In the News: Two killed in Sunday crash in Ashe County…Woman from South Carolina charged after Alexander County chase…Alexander County Commissioners meet tonight…Morganton man appears in Alexander Superior Court today…Lenoir man gets 35 years in Federal Prison…Georgia man gets time for trafficking drugs in our area
Weather: Showers possible, muggy with a high of 87
Sports: Cougar Football puts on the pads…Panthers add edge rusher…US Women’s Soccer knocked out by Sweden…NASCAR finishes race today…Glover wins in Greensboro…Atlanta and Baltimore the first to reach 70 wins in MLB…Crawdads sweep 6-game series
Happy Birthday: Lee Corso, Garrison Keillor, Alan Page, Rodney Crowell, Jonathan Pollard, Wayne Knight, David Duchovny, Charlize Theron, Sidney Crosby, Mike Trout
Trucking giant declares bankruptcy https://apnews.com/article/yellow-bankruptcy-trucking-pandemic-loan-08850f5cff63cf22979d7e28bd427532
The Owls are back today. Alexander Early College begins classes !
Word of the Day: epoch [ ee-pok ] A particular period of time marked by distinctive features, events, etc. The beginning of a distinctive period in the history. Sentence: The splitting of the atom marked an epoch in scientific discovery.
Quote of the Day: “The greatest compliment a person could pay my music is to listen and sing along with it and think that he can sing just as good as me”…B. J. Thomas (Born this day in 1942)