Tuesday, July 20th. Day 201 of 2021
Take a lick, it’s Lollipop Day !
1903: The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile
1906: Women in Finland are granted the right to vote
1944: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
1969: Apollo 11’s crew successfully makes the first manned landing on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later (July 21st)
1977: The Johnstown Pennsylvania Flood kills 84 people
2015: The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades
2017: O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas
In the News: Alexander County woman facing felony child abuse charges…Commissioners postpone Monday meeting…County Board of Education meets this evening…Stony Point man arrested on felony weapons charge…Taylorsville woman, Stony Point man jailed overnight for meth trafficking…Catawba man gets at least 40 year in prison for killing wife and son…Wilkes County Fugitive captured and charged with murder…Another arrest for an often arrested Stony Point man
Weather: Clouds more than not today. High in low 80’s…Sunshine returns and it gets warmer on Wednesday
Sports: Cougar AD Nathan Robinson named Athletic Director of Excellence…Moonshiners at home tonight…Giants keep Dodgers at Bay…Mets erupt against Reds…NBA Season could end tonight ( I thought it was already over)…SEC says players get vaccinated or else…ACC will address issue later this week…Manning Brothers to host alternate Monday Night Football Broadcast
Happy Birthday: Kim Carnes, Carlos Santana, Sandra Oh, Omar Epps, Ray Allen, Gisele Bündchen, Julianne Hough, Stephen Strasburg
If you like to eat, this should concern you https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/19/china-buying-us-farms-foreign-purchase-499893
Wildfires in Oregon are raging https://apnews.com/article/science-fires-environment-and-nature-oregon-weather-9a8021b4073fc50309ddf9bad479d956
It’s an old conundrum but, why do Park on the Driveway and Park on the Driveway ?
Quote of the Day: “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it”… Charles R. Swindoll