Thursday, June 17th. Day 168 of 2021
It’s Eat Your Vegetables Day ! Love veggies, would eat more if I could cook
1775: The British take Bunker Hill outside Boston
1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
1939: The last public guillotining took place in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles
1963: The Supreme Court rules 8–1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against requiring the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord’s Prayer in public schools
1994: Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman
2015: Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
In the News: Taylorsville Town Council approves budget…Bethlehem Senior Center is open again…Stony Point man arrested on Virginia fugitive warrants…Alexander County man facing lost list of charges…Taylorsville man charged with assault…Wilkes County woman nabbed in Alexander County
Weather: Beyond nice today, Tons of Sun, High 82-85
Sports: Brzykcy suffers first professional loss despite pitching pretty well…Round II of State Baseball Playoffs today…Ball to be named NBA Rookie of the Year…Hawks stage a rally for the ages…Clippers win…Habs pull even…Braves is spiral…Reds are smoking…US Open tees-off today in San Diego
Happy Birthday: Newt Gingrich, Barry Manilow, Joe Piscopo, Greg Kinnear, Jason Patric, Will Forte, Venus Williams
We have another Holiday, we’ll you do. No Holidays for me, work..work…work https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-lifestyle-holidays-juneteenth-9bb62a3448376e05d87ac79cf27970d2
How would you feel if someone could read your mind, know exactly what you’re thinking ? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/can-a-110-million-helmet-unlock-the-secrets-of-the-mind/ar-AAL6BQF
The bottle made it https://apnews.com/article/europe-atlantic-ocean-9c417df29186d90ca9526025dca226c2
Quote of the Day: “We know what we are, but know not what we may be”…William Shakespeare