Thursday, July 6th. Day 187 of 2023
It’s Fried Chicken Day
1777: After a bombardment by British artillery, American forces retreat from Fort Ticonderoga, New York
1854: The Republican Party held its first convention
1923: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established
1933: The first All-Star baseball game was held in Chicago. The American League beat the National League 4-2
1957: John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time, as teenagers, three years before forming the Beatles
1977: The first Bojangles opened in Charlotte
1985: Martina Navratilova won her 4th consecutive Wimbledon singles title
2013: A 73-car train derails in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec and explodes into flames, killing at least 47 people and destroying more than 30 buildings in the town’s central area
In the News: Man dies Monday at Alexander County Library…County accepting bids for project in Taylorsville…Taylorsville man facing felony charges after Wednesday arrest…Hickory man jailed in Alexander County…Taylorsville Police charge man with resisting arrest…Another shooting arrest made in Statesville
Weather: Another stuffy Summer Day. Maybe a Boomer in the PM
Sports: Braves win 18th of 19…Rays have hit mini-slump…Trout has surgery on wrist, will be out 4-8 weeks…Crawdads game suspended by storm…Canes have busy in offseason
Happy Birthday: George W. Bush, Sylvester Stallone, Fred Dryer, Burt Ward, Geoffrey Rush, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart, Eva Green, Manny Machado, Zion Williamson
High in July, Cocaine found in White House https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-cocaine-west-wing-secret-service-investigation/
Someone in Washington needs to realize, we need to make things https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-manufacturing-extends-slump-june-ism-survey-2023-07-03/
Word of the Day: pasteurize [ pas-chuh-rahyz ] to expose to an elevated temperature for a period sufficient to destroy certain microorganisms, without radically altering taste or quality. Pasteurize is named for French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822–95), who proved that germs such as bacteria were responsible for disease. The surname Pasteur means “shepherd” in French
Quote of the Day: “You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can only make a monkey out of the voters every four years!”…Pat Paulsen (Born this day in 1927)