Tuesday, June 25th. Day 177 of 2024
It’s Catfish Day
Happy Strawberry Parfait Day ! Count me in
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
2008: Michael Jackson is found dead in his California home. He was 50 year old
In the News: New Alexander County Manager to be named Wednesday at Commissioner’s Meeting…Alexander County standoff ends peacefully…Hiddenite woman charged again…Taylorsville Police charge Hendersonville woman…Statesville man pleads guilty to armed robbery…North Wilkesboro man arrested after high-speed chase
Weather: Tons of Sun, High in low 90’s
Sports: Florida avoids epic collapse and wins Stanley Cup…Tennessee takes College World Series…Cards cool the Braves…Cleveland stays hot…Charlotte City Council agrees to large bucks to renovate Bank of America Stadium
Happy Birthday: June Lockhart, Carly Simon, Jimmie Walker, Sonia Sotomayor, Ricky Gervais, Anthony Bourdain, Dell Curry, Dikembe Mutombo
Shark bite on NC coast https://www.yahoo.com/news/teen-bitten-shark-north-carolina-214659037.html
If you weren’t home Sunday, you were not alone https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-screens-record-setting-2-223639665.html
Word of the Day; stanchion [ stan-shuhn ] A upright bar, beam, post, or support. A column. A device that fits loosely around the neck of an animal (such as a cow) and limits forward and backward motion (as in a stall)
Quote of the Day: “Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it”… George Orwell (Born this day in 1903)