Monday, August 26th. Day 239 of 2024
It’s Toilet Paper Day. It should be celebrated more often
1842: The first fiscal year was established by Congress to start on July 1st
1873: The school board of St. Louis, MO, authorized the first U.S. public kindergarten
1920: The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote
1939: The first televised major league baseball games were shown. The event was a double-header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers
1961: The International Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto
1991: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev promised that national elections would be held
1992: A “no-fly zone” was imposed on the southern 1/3 of Iraq. The move by the U.S., France and Britain was aimed at protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslims
In the News: Bells are ringing, Alexander County Schools begin fall semester…Taylorsville’s new Town Manager begins duty today…One airlifted from crash scene west of Taylorsville early Saturday morning…Hickory man and Lincolnton woman arrested after gunshots fired Friday night in Taylorsville…Hiddenite man charged on Sunday…2022 murder conviction overturned in Iredell County…Workplace stabbing in Hickory
Weather: The heat is back ! Sunshine and near 90 today
Sports: Statesville has their way with the Cougars…Panthers win pre-season finale…Keegan Bradley has nice weekend…White Sox reach 100 losses in near record time…Burton gets first win Saturday night at Daytona
102 year-old woman says “Geronimo!” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/woman-102-becomes-britains-oldest-skydiver/ar-AA1pouQx
Happy Birthday: Valerie Simpson, Bill Whitaker, Branford Marsalis, Melissa McCarthy, Chris Pine, Macaulay Culkin, James Harden
Word of the Day: turgid [tur-jid] swollen or inflated. Overblown or pompous. Bombastic
Quote of the Day: “One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody”… Mother Teresa (Born this day in 1910)