Monday, August 5th. Day 218 of 2024
It’s Underwear Day. Pass, go Commando
Happy Oyster Day !
1833: The village of Chicago was incorporated. The population at the time was around 250
1884: On Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid
1921: The first play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game was done by Harold Arlin of KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh. The game was between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies
1957: American Bandstand debuts on ABC
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1974: President Nixon, under orders of the Supreme Court, releases the “Smoking Gun” tape, recorded on June 23, 1972
1981: President Reagan fires over 11,000 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work
2013: Major League Baseball suspends Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees for the remainder of the season and all of 2014 after he’s implicated for using performance enhancing drugs
In the News: Structure fire in Wittenburg Saturday night…Alexander Commissioners meet tonight…Freshman orientation at Alexander Early College today…Hickory woman charged in Alexander County…Taylorsville woman facing assault charge
Weather: Pretty Hot, Pretty Humid, maybe a Boomer
Sports: The odds keep dropping for the new turf to be ready in time for the Cougar Football opener, get ready to travel for opener…America has Super Sunday at the Olympics…LRU Football pegged to win conference…Peppers enshrined in Canton…White Sox losing streak at 20
Happy Birthday: Loni Anderson, Rick Derringer, Samantha Sang, David Baldacci, Patrick Ewing, Terri Clark, Paula Creamer
Heatwave at coldest place on earth has scientists concerned https://www.yahoo.com/news/astonishing-antarctica-heat-wave-sends-180002281.html
Word of the Day: exculpatory [ ik-skuhl-puh-tawr-ee ] To clear from alleged fault or guilt. Exculpate is the joining of the prefix ex-, meaning “not,” and the Latin noun culpa, meaning “blame.” The term is commonly used in legal proceedings.
Quote of the Day: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind’… Neil Armstrong (Born this day in 1930)