Thursday, August 5th. Day 217 of 2021
Happy Underwear Day ! You’d be happier if you went Commando
It’s Work Like a Dog Day, when do I not ?
Today is Blogger Day too, I guess it’s my day after all
1833: The village of Chicago was incorporated. The population at the time was around 250
1884: On Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid
1921: The first play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game was done by Harold Arlin. KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh. The game was between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Philadelphia Phillies
1962: Marilyn Monroe is found dead from a drug overdose
1974: President Nixon, under orders of the Supreme Court, releases the “Smoking Gun” tape, recorded on June 23, 1972
1981: President Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work
2013: Major League Baseball suspends Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees for the remainder of the season and all of 2014 after he’s implicated for using performance enhancing drugs
In the News: 20 new cases of COVID-19 in last 2 days in Alexander County…Fatal crash in Iredell County…Two arrested after Alexander County traffic stop…Man and woman jailed after dispute…Winston Salem man arrested in Taylorsville…
Weather: tons of Sun, High around 85
Sports: Cougar Athletes prepping for Fall Sports…US Hoops teams advances to Gold Medal Game…Former Wake player gets a big deal…NFL Pre-Season begins tonight with Cowboys and Steelers playing…Braves get to .500…Max wins first game as Dodger
Happy Birthday: Roman Gabriel, Loni Anderson, Rick Derringer, Samantha Sang, Patrick Ewing, Terri Clark, Paula Creamer
It’s bad in Cuba https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2021/08/04/coronavirus-cuba-dumping-corpses-peoples-backyards-losing-bodies-mass-graves/
Tony Soprano is Back !!! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-04/many-saints-of-newark-review-hbo-nails-tony-soprano-prequel
We’ll talk Cougar Football’s 50th Anniversary today at 5pm. Joel Harbinson played on the first team and he’ll stroll down memory lane at 5pm today
Get your Shot !
Quote of the Day: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind’… Neil Armstrong (Born this day in 1930)