Monday, July 15. Day 197 of 2024
It’s Be a Dork Day !
1870: Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union
1916: In Seattle, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products. It ‘s now named the Boeing Corporation
1949: WBTV goes on the air in Charlotte. It was the 13th TV station in the United States
1968: Commercial air travel began between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., when the first Soviet plane lands in New York
1986: Columbia Records dropped Johnny Cash after 28 years
2003: AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day
2006: Twitter is launched online
2018: France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2
In the News: Bethlehem woman sets fire to home and fatally shoots herself on Friday…Alexander County Commissioners meet this evening…Infant found dead in Hickory home, foul play suspected…Standoff ends in Conover…Taylorsville man charged with felony drug charges…Alexander County man arrested…
Weather: Smoking Hot. Lets hope we get some rain
Sports: Hickory FC wins Playoff Match…Alcaraz too much at Wimbeldon…Blaney wins at Pocono…Baseball heads to All-Star Break, Homerun Derby is tonight…MLB Draft, Wake Forest has 3 players taken in Top 5
Linda Rondstadt-1968
Catching up on some who have left us https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hollywood-mourns-shannen-doherty-richard-180104533.html
Bubba heads back to the sea https://apnews.com/article/sea-turtle-rehab-florida-322c3177a57dc367dabf08c678905e44
Word of the Day: incontrovertible [ in-kon-truh-vur-tuh-buhl ] Indisputable, not open to question or debate. “The scientist presented incontrovertible evidence”
Quote of the Day: “There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing”… Josh Billings