Tuesday, July 2. Day 184 of 2024
It’s World UFO Day. Let me know if you see one. I want to know the truth, don’t you ?
1776: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4th
1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds President James A. Garfield. Garfiled would die in September as the result of his wounds
1900: The first Zeppelin flight takes place in Germany
1947: An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft
1962: The first Wal-Mart store opens in Rogers, Arkansas
1964: President Johnson signed the “Civil Rights Act of 1964” into law
1998: CNN retracted a story that alleged that U.S. commandos had used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the Vietnam War. CNN still does things like that but seldom retract anything
2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon
In the News: Griffin takes over as new Alexander County Schools Superintendent…New Principal named at Bethlehem Elementary…Catawba County couple busted by Taylorsville Police…Fugitive nabbed by Alexander County Deputies…Taylorsville woman jailed…Catawba County couple charged with death of child…Lenoir man shot and killed, he claims it was self-defense
Weather: Nice Day. High around 85 with lots of Sun. Some really hot stuff coming later in the week
Sports: Registration for Fall Sports underway for Alexander County Parks and Recreation…Hickory QB gives verbal to play in college…NBA money is insane…Canes trying to keep roster elite amidst free-agent frenzy….Astros have it turned around
Alex Morgan
First Edition of Mary Shelly’s “Franenstein” brings big price https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/look-first-edition-of-mary-shelleys-frankenstein-auctioned-for-843750/ar-BB1pemEW
Word of the Day: Ivy League: Of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of long-established eastern U.S. colleges and universities widely regarded as elite in scholastic and social prestige. The schools are Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown.
Quote of the Day: “Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed”… Arlo Guthrie