Monday, July 7th. Day 188 of 2025
It’s Macaroni Day, add some cheese please. It’s Tell the Truth Day, why are you sweating ?
Happy World Chocolate Day !
1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged
1907: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of his New York Theater
1928: Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri
1954: Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when a Memphis station played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right”
1958: President Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law
1981: President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court
2000: NASCAR driver Kenny Irwin dies in a crash at New Hampshire Speedway
2017: Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3
In the News: Three fatal accidents in area over the Holiday Weekend…Taylorsville man facing long list of charges…Hickory Police searching for murder suspect…Wilkes County Deputy shoots man who refused to disarm…Taylorsville woman charged on Sunday
Weather: Partly Sunny and Hot
Sports: Cougar Kids Baseball Camp begins this morning at 9am…Blue Jays take over NL East with 9 straight wins…Braves in free-fall…Nats fire Manager and GM…Kiwi Man win on Streets of Chicago…Canes make major free-agent move
Happy Birthday: Ringo Starr, Tony Jacklin, Corbin Bernsen, Jessica Hahn, Ralph Sampson, Michelle Kwan
Meth stashed in shipment of cucumbers https://www.yahoo.com/news/4m-worth-meth-found-cucumber-005028310.html
For decades, you could do Vegas on the cheap. Times have changed https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/las-vegas-tourists-prices-exposed-jhf5dx8zr
Word of the Day: tangible [tan-juh-buhl] real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary. Definite; not vague or elusive. From Latin meaning to touch. “The suspect was convicted with tangible evidence”
Quote of the Day: “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”… Satchel Paige (Born this day in 1906)