Thursday, June 20th. Day 172 of 2024
Summer begins this afternoon at 4:50 pm !
Happy Vanilla Milkshake Day !
1782: Congress approves the Great Seal of the United States with the bald eagle as its symbol
1840: Samuel Morse patents his telegraph
1944: Congress charters the Central Intelligence Agency
1972: An 18½-minute gap is discovered in the tape recording of conversations between President Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex
1975: The film “Jaws” hits the theaters
1994: O.J. Simpson is arraigned for the murders of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman
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Photo: USA Today
2017: Mattel releases 15 new body types for their Ken doll, including one with a man bun
In the News: Taylorsville Town Board approves new budget that includes no property tax increase…Rising sophomore at ACHS win national Beta Club competition…Taylorsville man back in jail…Taylorsville man facing felony drug counts…Catawba County man nabbed by Taylorsville Police…Alexander County woman jailed overnight in Catawba county
Weather: Hot ! We need Rain but that don’t look so good
Sports: Hamby Named District 7 Softball Player of the Year…Cougar Stadium turf project will begin next week and should be ready for the season…College World Series final is set…Braves complete sweep of Tigers…Baltimore nips the Yankees…NASCAR’s Daniel Suarez becomes US citizen
Happy Birthday: Brian Wilson, Anne Murray, Bob Vila, Lionel Richie, John Goodman, Nicole Kidman
Message in a bottle https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2024/06/19/message-bottle-drift-Fisheries-Oceans-Canada/7091718823653/
Word of the Day: Crimea [ krahy-mee-uh, kri- ] A peninsula in southeastern Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. A former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union.
Quote of the Day: “If we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him”…George Carlin