Tuesday, June 17. Day 168 of 2025
It’s World Croc Day, Cherry Tart Day and Apple Strudel Day
1775: The British take Bunker Hill outside Boston
1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
1939: The last public guillotining took place in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles
1972: Watergate is born. Five operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
1994: Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman
2012: Rodney King—whose videotaped beating by white Los Angeles Police Officers in March 1991 that sparked violent race riots—was found dead in his swimming pool in California
2015: Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
2021: Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Biden
In the News: Taylorsville Spectrum customers without internet for hours on Monday…Alexander County Schools continue to wrestle with school voting districts…More Administration changes in county Schools named…Newton-Conover Schools reject proposal to merge with Catawba County…Taylorsville man busted for violating sex-offender status again…Alexander County woman back in jail…Taylorsville man detained on felony drug counts this morning…
Weather: Hot, Humid, a Boomer is likely this afternoon
Sports: Alexander Central Soccer and Volleyball Camps begin today…OKC a win away from NBA title…Hockey season could end tonight unless Edmonton can force a Game VII…Hog hurler tosses No-No at College World Series…Shohei pitches for Dodgers…Red Sox win 6th straight…Yanks shut-out…
Happy Birthday: Newt Gingrich, Barry Manilow, Joe Piscopo, Greg Kinnear, Dan Jensen, Jason Patric, Will Forte, Venus Williams
How to avoid Tech Neck https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/fitness/workouts/exercises-to-banish-tech-neck/
Word of the Day: undulate [uhn-juh-leyt ] To move with wavelike motion. To have a wavy form or surface. From Latin meaning “wave” “Even Tour players have issues with the undulating greens.”
Quote of the Day: “Beauty is power; a smile is its sword”… John Ray