Thursday, June 25th. Day 176 of 2026
It’s Beatles Day , Catfish Day, Strawberry Parfait Day , National Handshake Day and Color TV Day
1876: Lt. Col. George Custer and the 210 men of U.S. 7th Cavalry were killed by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians at Little Big Horn in Montana. The event is known as “Custer’s Last Stand”
1917: The first American troops landed in France
1950: North Korea invaded South Korea initiating the Korean War
1951: The first regular commercial color TV transmissions were presented on CBS. The public did not own color TV’s at the time
1962: Supreme Court ruled that the use of unofficial non-denominational prayer in public schools was unconstitutional
1981: Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated company
2009: Michael Jackson is found dead in his California home. He was 50 years old
News: Alexander County Office and Taylorsville Town Hall will close Friday, July 3rd for Independence Day….Date set for Hiddenite Celebration…Alexander County Sheriff’s Office release May report…Two Stony Point women nabbed in the act…Statesville man arrested then found to be in possession of drugs while behind bars in Alexander County Jail…Hiddenite man facing a pair of resisting arrest charges
Weather: Sunny and near 90
Sports: Hornets listening to offers for LaMelo Ball…Two Duke player and a Tar Heel taken in NBA Draft 2nd round…US vrs Republic of Turkey in World Cup tonight…Braves slide deepens…Swanson goes off on the Mets…Brzykcy know what it’s like to experience the Yo-Yo Syndrome
Happy Birthday: James Meredith, Carly Simon, Jimmie Walker, Sonia Sotomayor, Ricky Gervais, Dell Curry, Dikembe Mutombo. Angela Kinsey
The Banana Car gets pulled in Montana https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/06/24/Montana-Highway-Patrol-Big-Banana-car/6191782315139/
Word of the Day: egress [ee-gres] Also called: egression. the act of going or coming out; emergence, a way out, such as a path or exit, the right or permission to go out or depart. “The building is designed to provide easy egress in an emergency.”
Quote of the Day: “For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier… I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.”… Steven Wright