Tuesday, June 24th. Day 175 of 2025
It’s World UFO Day ! See 1997 below
1497: Italian explorer John Cabot, sailing in the service of England, landed in North America on what is now Newfoundland
1509: Henry VIII was crowned King of England
1922: The American Professional Football Association took the name of The National Football League
1948: The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade
1964: The Federal Trade Commission announced that starting in 1965, cigarette manufactures would be required to include warnings on their packaging about the harmful effects of smoking
1974: “Sweet Home Alabama” is released by Lynrd Skynryd
1997: The U.S. Air Force released a report titled “The Roswell Report, Case Closed” that dismissed the claims that an alien spacecraft had crashed in Roswell, NM, in 1947
2010: Apple released the iPhone 4. 17 million were sold in three days
2022: The Supreme Court rules that the Constitution does not assign the authority to regulate abortions to the federal government, thereby returning such authority to the individual states
In the News: Parents arrested for neglect after eight children removed from home in Iredell County…Taylorsville woman busted on felony drug charge…Alexander County woman facing fraud and embezzlement charges…Asheville man detained in Alexander County…Alexander County man arrested
Weather: Searing Sunshine and 96. Heat index around 104. Be Cool !
Sports: Cougar Basketball wins a pair scrimmages on Monday, host more today…NBA Draft is Wednesday night…Brzykcy has rough night…Braves drop Mets…Reds take down the Yankees…Panthers still have an unsigned draft pick…Charlotte Checkers lose in Calder Cup Final
Happy Birthday: Michelle Lee, Robert Reich, Mick Fleetwood, Nancy Allen, John Tortorella, Iain Glen, Minka Kelly, JJ Reddick, Lionel Messi
15 sets of Twins graduate from New York School https://abc7ny.com/post/15-sets-twins-graduating-plainview-old-bethpage-john-kennedy-high-school-nassau-county-long-island-ny/16818187/
Word of the Day: Wehrmacht [vair-mahkht ] The German armed forces in the years prior to and during World War II. German, from wehr defense (from Old High German werī) + macht force, might. “The Wehrmacht rolled across Poland with a lightning pace.”
I hate both Democrats and Republicans but it seems the Democrats need to shut up on this Middle East thing. They sound more and more like they don’t believe what they’re saying, they’re saying it but nobody’s buying it
Quote of the Day: “To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one’s voice”… Ambrose Bierce (Born this day in 1844)