Thursday, July 21st. Day 202 of 2022
It’s Junk Food Day ! Typically high in fat, sugar, salt, calories and more often that not, delicious. What’s your most tempting Junk Food ?
1861: The 1st major engagement of the Civil War is fought. The Battle of Bull Run was fought in Virginia
1925: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution
1930: The Veteran’s Administration was established
1930: Duke University Hospital opened in Durham
1954: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam
1969: Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon, followed 19 minutes later by Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
2011: NASA’s Space Shuttle program ends
In the News: More than 100 new COVID cases in Alexander County in past 7 days, over 500 in Catawba County…Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville to transition to specialty hospital…Taylorsville man arrested yet again…Stony Point man jailed…Big meth haul in Caldwell and Burke…Man wanted for two murders in Davie County captured near Lenoir
Weather: Sunny to Partly Cloudy, high around 92
Sports: Cougar Football Mini-Camp a week from today…Panthers report to camp next week…Miles Bridges pleads not guilty to domestic violence charges…Baseball returns today…World Golf Hall of Game returning to Pinehurst
Happy Birthday: Cat Stevens Garry Trudeau, Michael Connelly, Jon Lovitz, Brandi Chastain, Josh Hartnett, Jamie Waylett
Inflation and higher interest rates starting to have big impact on mortgage applications https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/20/mortgage-demand-drops-to-lowest-level-in-22-years.html
Joe’s slipping even more. I really think his puppeteers will force him out after the November elections https://nypost.com/2022/07/20/joe-biden-says-he-has-cancer-in-possible-gaffe/
Quote of the Day: “We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture”….Robin Williams (Born this day in 1951)