Tuesday July 9th. Day 191 of 2024
It’s Cow Appreciation Day !
1776: George Washington orders the Declaration of Independence to be read out to members of the Continental Army
1816: Argentina declares independence from Spain
1850: President Zachary Taylor dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President Millard Fillmore
1918: In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history
1962: Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground
1967: Channel 36 goes on the air in Charlotte
2015: The South Carolina House of Representatives votes to remove the Confederate Flag from the Statehouse in Columbia
In the News: Alexander County Burn Ban is lifted…Alexander County Board of Education meets this evening…Unemployment ticks-up slightly in latest report…More arrests in Stony Point shooting…Wilkes County man facing long list of charges in Alexander County…Stony Point man busted by Mooresville Police…Hickory Police continue investigation into double-shooting on July 4th…
Weather: Hot and Humid. Boomer is possible and it could be an angry one !
Sports: Cougar Stadium Turf and Track Project is underway, site manager vows it’ll be ready for AC Football and Soccer season…Fall meeting for parents of Alexander Central Athletes set for July 23rd…Braves win in 11…Cards on a roll…Panther make another front-office move
Tom Hanks
Were you in the air on Sunday ? A lot of you were https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-just-saw-busiest-air-153951704.html
Does Joe have Parkinsons ? https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jul/8/parkinsons-doctor-made-10-white-house-visits-logs-/
Word of the Day: saccharin [ sak-er-in ] A white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 5 NO 3 S, produced synthetically, which is 500 times as sweet as sugar. First produced in Italy in the 1800’s
Quote of the Day: “I’m absolutely, l00 percent, not guilty”… OJ Simpson (Born this day in 1947)