Monday, June 23. Day 174 of 2025
It’s Typewriter Day ! Anybody still got one ?
Happy Detroit Style Pizza Day.
1860: Congress established the Government Printing Office
1917: In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire
1926: The College Board administers the first SAT exam
1960: The “Pill” is born. The Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill
1965: Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released “Tracks of my Tears”
1979: The Charlie Daniels Band releases “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”
2016: The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union
In the News: Conover man facing felony charge in Alexander County…Taylorsville man busted for indecent exposure…Hickory man already in prison make Newton court appearance today…Catawba County Woman facing felony warrant from Florida…Fatal motorcycle crash in Burke County
Weather: Hot! High around 95 today
Sports: Lady Cougar Softball Camp begins this morning…ACHS alum gets big honor…OKC wins NBA title…LSU too much for Coastal Carolina in College World Series…Bradley wins on PGA Tour…Briscoe takes Pocono…Charlotte Checkers play Game VI tonight in AHL finals
Happy Birthday: Diana Trask, Ted Shackelford, Clarence Thomas, Randy Jackson, Frances McDormand, Selma Blair, KT Tunstall, LaDainian Tomlinson, Duffy
Should Crash Dummies be modeled after women ? https://apnews.com/article/nhtsa-female-crash-dummies-vehicle-safety-tests-ff29ea47e58f2325ddbe6c7930748d63
Word of the Day: tantamount [tan-tuh-mount] equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification. From Ango-French meaning “to amount to as much”. “The statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt.”
Quote of the Day: “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done”… Alan Turing (Born this day in 1912