Thursday, July 17. Day 198 of 2025
It’s Tattoo Day. Call me old fashioned but I loath them
Happy Peach Cobbler Day ! The world is a better place after some Peach Cobbler
1821: Spain ceded Florida to the United States
1867: Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
1941: The longest hitting streak in baseball history (56 games) ended when the Cleveland Indians pitchers held New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitless
1955: Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California
Love Valley Music Festival
1984: The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21
1987 – Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and rear Admiral John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress at the “Iran-Contra” hearings
1997: After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed their last 400 stores
News: Human remains found in Statesville overnight…Two Caldwell County Commissioners get Physical…Taylorsville man gets 30 days in jail while he awaits drug trial…Stony Points man detained in Iredell County…Granite Falls man charged with trafficking fentanyl…
Weather: Pretty Hot, Pretty Humid, Pretty good chance of an afternoon BOOMER
Sports: Alexander County Parks And Recreation holding Fall Sports Registration…Parents meeting for ACHS Fall Athletes this evening at 6pm…Panther Rookies report to camp on Monday, vets must report Tuesday…British Open underway…Baseball returns Friday
Happy Birthday: Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom, Lucie Arnaz, Charley Steiner, Mark Bowden, David Hasselhoff, Bryan Trottier, Luke Bryan
Could Stevie and Lyndsey be a couple again ? https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/ar-AA1IGdMz
Word of the Day: brandish [bran-dish] to shake or wave, as a weapon, to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner. “The masked robber brandished a gun and demanded money”
Quote of the Day: “I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away”…Phyllis Diller (Born this day in 1917)