Tuesday, July 7th. Day 188 of 2026
It’s World Chocolate Day, Tell the Truth Day and Rock & Roll Day
Happy Macaroni Day !
1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged
1907: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of his New York Theater
1928: Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri
1954: Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when a Memphis station played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right”
1958: President Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law
1981: President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court
2000: NASCAR driver Kenny Irwin dies in a crash at New Hampshire Speedway
2017: Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3
2019: The US beats the Netherlands 2-0 to win Women’s World Cup
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Sports: Three Alexander Central Softball standouts named All-State…US Soccer not ready for big stage after beat-down from Belgium…
Happy Birthday: Ringo Starr, Tony Jacklin, Corbin Bernsen, Jessica Hahn, Ralph Sampson, Michelle Kwan
Word of the Day: derrick [der-ik] a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom. Also called oil derrick. The tower-like framework over an oil well or the like. A boom for lifting cargo, pivoted at its inner end to a ship’s mast. “The first oil derrick in Texas is now a museum”
Quote of the Day: “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching.” Satchel Paige (Born this day in 1906)