Thursday July 9th. Day 190 of 2026
It’s Dimples Day
1776: George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army
1816: Argentina declares independence from Spain
1850: President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore
1877: First Wimbledon Tennis Championship begins in London
1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history
1962: Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground
1967: Channel 36 goes on the air in Charlotte
2015: The South Carolina House of Representatives votes to remove the Confederate Flag from the Statehouse in Columbia
2018: President Donald Trump names Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee
News: Suspect who police say murdered a Taylorsville man last month in Newton has been indicted by Grand Jury…Homeless Statesville man arrested in Alexander County…Iredell County man busted in Alexander County…Claremont man back in Alex Co custody…Hudson man sent to prison for trafficking meth
Weather: Hot, stuffy and maybe stormy
Sports: Alexander Central Athletics lauded by website…Brzykcy sent back to AAA again…Braves get a win…Yankees are taking “swing and miss” to a new level…World Cup reaches Round of Eight today when France plays Morocco
Happy Birthday: Dean Koontz, Chris Cooper, Lindsey Graham, John Tesh, Jimmy Smits, Tom Hanks, Kelly McGillis, Courtney Love, Fred Savage
He’s still a truck driving man https://www.kwqc.com/2026/07/06/93-year-old-iowan-vying-become-worlds-oldest-truck-driver/
Word of the Day: gantry [gan-tree] a bridgelike framework used to support a travelling crane, signals over a railway track, etc., gantry scaffold. the framework tower used to attend to a large rocket on its launching pad. From French “gantier” meaning wooden stand, frame. “The rocket, while poised for launch, rested on the gantry frame.”
Quote of the Day: “Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.” … Don Rickles