Thursday, July 31. Day 212 of 2025
It’s Avocado Day
Happy Chili Dog Day
1790: The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
1932: The Nazi Party wins over 38 percent of Germany’s votes in the general election
1948: New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated
1971: Apollo 15 astronauts become ride the lunar rover on the moon
1988: Last Playboy Club closes in Lansing, Michigan
2006: In Cuba, Fidel Castro hands over power to his brother Raúl
2007: The presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland comes to an end
2012: Swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the greatest medal winner in Olympic history
In the News: Hiker dies on popular trail in Watauga County…Unemployment up slightly in Alexander County during month of June…Thousands of NC residents need to update their voter registration…Registered sex-offender from Hickory taken into custody…Fugitive from Texas arrested in Caldwell County…Local businessman Renn Lackey passes at 88
Weather: Some Clouds, Really Humid, High near 90
Sports: Deadline day to sign-up kids with Alexander County Parks and Recreation…Official Fall Practice for High School Athletes in underway…Panthers grind away in camp…Michael Phelps to teach Baltimore Ravens players to swim…Brzykcy pitches scoreless 9th for Washington…MLB Trade Deadline is today at 6pm
Happy Birthday: Lobo, Gary Lewis, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Mark Cuban, Wesley Snipes, J. K. Rowling, Dean Cain, Zac Brown, Kyle Larson
Revolting https://www.wxii12.com/article/danville-va-councilman-lee-vogler-set-on-fire/65557283
Carrie Underwood to return on Sunday Night Football https://www.nbcsports.com/pressbox/press-releases/waiting-all-day-for-sunday-night-carrie-underwood-stars-in-show-open-for-nbcs-sunday-night-football-for-13th-consecutive-year
Word of the Day: moor [moor] noun-A tract of open, peaty, boggy wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor. A tract of land preserved for game. Verb- to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines. One of the Arab and Berber conquerors of Spain. “The English moors was inhabited by flocks of birds”
Quote of the Day: “What people think in their heart gets out, no matter how much they try to hide it”… Munshi Premchand