Monday, July 29. Day 211 of 2024
Lasagna !
It’s Lasagna Day ! Oh yes
1890: Vincent van Gogh dies two days after a self-inflicted gunshot wound
1921: Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party
1957: The Tonight Show premieres on NBC with Jack Paar as host
1957: The International Atomic Energy Commission is created
1958: NASA is born when President Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act
1981: A worldwide television audience of over 700 million watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London
2004: Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France
2021: The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude
In the News: Alexander County Board of Elections holding information session for becoming a Precinct Official this evening…Early morning structure fire in Ellendale Community…Fatal Crash in Lincoln County…Taylorsville man held in custody…Alexander County man charged with resisting arrest…Claremont man enters plea in murder case…Taylorsville man jailed on felony drug charge
Weather: Clouds and Showers, could be a Storm
Sports: Cougar Football Mini- Camp begins today…Official Fall Sports practice begins Wednesday at High Schools across the State…USA off to good start in Paris…Braves win but might have lost another pitcher…Vegas breaks PGA drought with win on Sunday
Happy Birthday: Elizabeth Dole, Neal Doughty, Ken Burns, Geddy Lee, Patti Scialfa, Alexandra Paul, Martina McBride, Dak Prescott
The Paris Games have been impressive so far but some have complained about the opening ceremony https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/29/sport/last-supper-paris-olympic-opening-ceremony-spt-intl/index.html
Word of the Day: bereft [ bih-reft ] Past tense and past participle of bereave defined as to deprive and make desolate, especially by death. “ She’s a single teenage mother who feels bereft of options”
Quote of the Day: “When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’”… Don Marquis