Monday, August 11. Day 223 of 2025
It’s Son and Daughter Day and Play in the Sand Day
1909: The American ship Arapahoe became the first to ever use the SOS distress signal off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
1929: Babe Ruth hits his 500th homer
1934: Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received federal prisoners for the first time
1967: The Alexander County Courthouse is destroyed in a pre-dawn fire. No injures but the structure was leveled. That’s how we ended up with the hideous bomb-shelter we have now
1984: President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing , the President said of the Soviet Union, “My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”
1992: In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States
2002: US Airways announced they were filing for bankruptcy
2014: Robin Williams dies. He was 63
In the News: Alexander Early College students begin classes today. All other county students return to school on August 25th…School Board meets tonight…Pedestrian struck and killed in Catawba County…Granite Falls man has tussle with Taylorsville Police and Detention Staff before being detained…Conover woman jailed on drug charges after Alexander County traffic stop…Taylorsville man charged with vehicle theft…Hiddenite man facing multiple offenses
Weather: Clouds and Showers. High around 80
Sports: AC Tennis and Volleyball begin seasons today…Cougar Football overall looked good Friday night in first scrimmage…Panthers lose in preseason opener…South Caldwell’s Landon Dickerson goes down Sunday in practice…Justin Rose win on PGA Tour. Hickory’s JT Poston advances in FedEx Cup…Taylorsville Michael Bumgarner wins twice Saturday night at Hickory Motor Speedway…The Kiwi man does it again in NASCAR…Tragedy at Bowman Gray…Brewers and Mariners are hot…MLB hails first female to ump in Majors
Happy Birthday: Eric Carmen, Steve Wozniak, Joe Jackson, Chris Kelly, Viola Davis, Joe Rogan, Chris Hemsworth
UK might get put Senior Drivers through tougher standards https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/driving-reforms-over-70-eye-tests-drink-drive-reduction-gph5rvjw0
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard pay tribute to Jim Lovell https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/ron-howard-tom-hanks-said-214032608.html
Word of the Day: bullion [bool-yuhn] gold or silver considered in mass rather than in value. Gold or silver in the form of bars or ingots. Embroidery or lace worked with gold wire or gold or silver cords. “The Fort Knox bullion depository has some of the most high tech security on earth”
Quote of the Day: “The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history” Carl T Rowan (Born this day in 1925)