Monday, August 4. Day 216 of 2025
It’s Coast Guard Day. The Revenue Cutter Service was formed this day in 1790
Happy Chocolate Chip Cookie Day and White Wine Day !
1821: The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper
1944: A Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others
1964: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21. Eventually a number of Mississippi Klan members are convicted in connection with the deaths
1985: Tom Seaver, pitching for the Chicago White Sox gets his 300th Major League win https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Seaver
1987: The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues “fairly”
1997: Teamsters began a 15-day strike against UPS
2009: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il pardoned two American journalists, who had been arrested and imprisoned for illegal entry earlier in the year
In the News: Alexander County Commissioner meet this evening…Stony Point man facing multiple charges…Fatal crash Friday night on I-40 in Catawba County…Statesville Police say man shot and killed woman then took his own life while being pursued by Officers…Morganton juvenile charged in shooting
Weather: Sunshine mixed with Clouds. High near 80
Sports: Busy week for ACHS Athletes. Men’s Soccer has scrimmage on Tuesday. Cougar Football scrimmages on Friday…Panthers have first pre-season game Friday…Cam Young wins PGA event in Greensboro…Byron wins Iowa on fumes…Who’s hot in Baseball, Miami. The Fish sweep Yankees and get to .500
Happy Birthday: Frank Vincent, John Riggins, Billy Bob Thornton, Barack Hussein Obama, Roger Clemens, Bret Baier, Jeff Gordon, Kurt Busch, Meghan the Duchess of Sussex
Loni Anderson has passed https://apnews.com/article/loni-anderson-actor-died-obituary-3614dc44dbad987f74fc4cd64bd3e7fc
Word of the Day: histamine [his-tuh-meen] A compound that causes itching or similar reaction typically due to an allergic reaction. “The histamine reaction was diagnosed quickly by the doctor”
Quote of the Day: “There are some people that if they don’t know, you can’t tell them”… Louis Armstrong (Born this day in 1901)