Thursday, July 27th. Day 208 of 2023
Look out below, it’s Walk on Stilts Day. Happy Scotch Whiskey Day ! Never liked it much…
Today is Chili Dog Day and Chicken Finger Day too
1789: The first U.S. Federal Government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established. It’s now the Department of State
1890: Vincent van Gogh shoots himself. He would die two days later
1921: Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar
1940: Bugs Bunny made his official debut in the Warner Bros. animated cartoon “A Wild Hare”
1965: The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act was signed into law. The law required health warnings on all cigarette packages
1995: The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, DC
1996: In Atlanta, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Eric Rudolph of North Carolina would eventually be convicted for the crime
In the News: Hiddenite man arrested…Man arrested for Parole Violation in Alexander County…Hickory man facing multiple child-sex related charges…Escaped convict captured in Iredell County
Weather: Hot, High near 95
Bryson Hammer
Happy Birthday: Bobbie Gentry, Peggy Fleming, Maureen McGovern, Bill Engvall, Maya Rudolph, Alex Rodriguez, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Max Scherzer, Jordan Spieth
UFO Hearings underway in Washington https://www.yahoo.com/news/5-most-memorable-moments-congress-001550873.html
Word of the Day: arboretum [ ahr-buh-ree-tuhm ] A plot of land on which many different trees or shrubs are grown for study or display. A place where trees or shrubs are cultivated for their scientific or educational interest
Quote of the Day: “We turned the switch, saw the flashes, watched for ten minutes, then switched everything off and went home. That night I knew the world was headed for sorrow”…Leo Szilard (One of the scientists that worked on the Atomic Bomb)