Monday, August 10th, Day 222 of 2026
Geez, it’s Lazy Day. I thought it was yesterday
Happy S’mores Day !
1846: The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000. Today is Smithsonian Day
1945: Japan informed the United Sates of their intention to surrender in WWII as long as their Emporer was retained. The same offer they had made before the Atomic Bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki !
1954: The groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held
1969: A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson’s cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in Los Angeles
1994: President Clinton claimed presidential immunity when he asked a federal judge to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones
1995: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing
2019: Financier Jeffrey Epstein is found dead of an apparent suicide in his jail cell in New York while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges
2020: A Super Storm named Derecho in Iowa and Nebraska becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in American history
News: NC Dept. of Transportation doing rehab work on NC 16 bridge at Oxford Dam…Illegal Alien charged with five murders in Alexander County remains in jail with still no court date after more than seven-years…Man found dead in Caldwell County Jail…Drug arrest aplenty over the weekend in Alexander County…Taylorsville man charged with stalking…Alexander County Board of Education meets this evening
Weather: Sunny and Hot
Sports: Cougar Soccer opens season today with home match vrs AC Reynolds…Hammer moves up Colorado chain…N Carolina wins Softball Little League World Series…Braves salvage game from Yankees…Rays are shinning bright…Fed Ex cup field set after weekend in Greensboro…Gibbs wins in Iowa
Happy Birthday: Rosanna Arquette, Antonio Banderas, Suzanne Collins, Riddick Bowe, Gus Johnson, Angie Harmon, Kylie Jenner
Whitney Houston does Barbie https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/money/2026/08/09/whitney-houston-barbie/91212904007/
Word of the Day: vlog [vlawg] a blog done by video, video journal uploaded to the internet. Word was first used in 2002
Quote of the Day: “When I was a boy, the Dead Sea was only sick.”…George Burns