Monday, August 9th. Day 221 of 2021
It’s Book Lovers Day. I’m for sure one
Happy Melon Day ! Watermelon, Honeydew, Cantaloupe, it’s good stuff
1854: Henry David Thoreau published “Walden”
1936: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympic Games
1944: The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time
1945: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed instantly. Countless others perish as the result of radiation
1969: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate , coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men’s hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent in Los Angeles
1974: Richard Nixon becomes the first President to resign from office. Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president
1999: Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet
In the News: 162 new COVID cases in Alexander County in two weeks…Boone makes wearing masks mandatory indoors…Alexander Railroad receives grant funds…Taylorsville man jailed Saturday…Alexander County woman arrested in Catawba County…Lincolnton man arrested in Alexander County
Weather: Hot and Humid. High around 90 today
Sports: Cougar Football gearing for a pair of scrimmages this week…Bama ranked #1 in pre-season College Football Poll…College Football loses a legend…Olympics over in Tokyo…Phillies take first in NL East…Reds are Red Hot…BoSox swoon continues…They call him “Young Money”
Happy Birthday: Bob Cousy, Rod Laver, David Steinberg, Sam Elliott, Melanie Griffith, Amanda Bearse, Brett Hull, Hoda Kotb, Deion Sanders, Gillian Anderson, Eric Bana, Audrey Tautou, Anna Kendrick
When you’re told, “The check is in the mail”, prepare to wait longer https://www.businessinsider.com/us-postal-service-slow-first-class-mail-deliveries-dejoy-cuts-2021-8
He was an institution https://apnews.com/article/sports-college-football-florida-state-bobby-bowden-6c8d77af3cbe145cd4ff08fb6ed0a6ed
Get Your shot !
Quote of the Day: “Success lasts only three seconds. After that, you’re the same as you were before you had it”…Robert Shaw (Born this day in 1927)