Thursday, July 10th. Day 191 of 2025
It’s Pick Blueberries Day. A lot of that going on
Happy Pina Colada Day ! Hail to Rupert Holmes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXG_I_tf_i4&list=RDFXG_I_tf_i4&start_radio=1
1900: ‘His Master’s Voice’, was registered with the Patent Office. The logo of the Victor Recording Company, and later, RCA Victor, shows the dog, Nipper, looking into the horn of a gramophone
1940: The 114-day Battle of Britain began during World War II
1962: Telstar, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched into orbit
1965: The Rolling Stones score their 1st US #1 single “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
1991: Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia
1992: Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations
2012: The Episcopal Church USA allows same-sex marriage
2019: The last Volkswagen Beetle rolls off the line in Mexico
In the News: Two Stony Point restaurants closed due to septic issues…Taylorsville man wanted for violating sex-offender status arrested in Ohio…Hickory man charged with murder…Granite Falls woman convicted of death by distribution…Claremont woman jailed on felony drug charges in Alexander County….Taylorsville man arrested again
Weather: Clouds early could lead to more storms. Steamy with a high of 86
Sports: Parents of Fall Athletes at ACHS urged to attend meeting…Panthers announce training camp schedule…Bucs lose all-pro lineman…Blue Jays winning streak ends at 10…Boston getting hot…Dodgers lose 6th in a row…Braves taste victory
Happy Birthday: Arlo Guthrie, Andre Dawson, Béla Fleck, Urban Meyer, Sofía Vergara, Jessica Simpson
The man who created the Smiley Face is Harvey Ball. Sorry, it was NOT Forrest Gump ! Ball was born on this day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Ball
Word of the Day: urbane [ur-beyn] polished in manner, sophisticated, polite. “The gentleman projected an urbane air”
Quote of the Day: “From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life”… Arthur Ashe (Born this day in 1943)