Tuesday, August 24th. Day 236 of 2021
Happy Peach Pie Day ! One of my favs
1814: British troops invade Washington, D.C. and set the Capital Building and White House ablaze
1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop
1968: France became the 5th thermonuclear power when they exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific
1989: Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball
1981: Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon
1992: Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane
2006: The planet Pluto was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” by the International Astronomical Union
In the News: COVID cases take massive spike again in Alexander County, another death reported…Two killed in Weekend crashes in Wilkes County…Two injured in crash west of Taylorsville Monday morning…Taylorsville man being held without bond…Hickory man arrested and charged with firing weapon into dwelling…Silver Alert issued for missing Statesville man
Weather: Tons of Sun, high around 92
Sports: AC Women’s Tennis gets win Monday…Cougar Soccer suffers tough loss…Blue and Gold Football getting ready for trip to Dallas…LRU picked by coaches to win Conference Football Championship…Panthers trim the roster on Monday…Yankees cool the Braves…Tony Finau ends drought in New Jersey
Happy Birthday: Anne Archer, Mike Huckabee, Steve Guttenberg, Cal Ripken, Jr., Major Garrett, Marlee Matlin, Reggie Miller, Dave Chappelle, Rupert Grint
Sweet, Sweet, Connie, is no long doing her act https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/sweet-connie-arkansas-native-that-was-subject-of-hit-song-dies-at-66/ar-AANBJhI
In case you missed it over the weekend https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/tom-t-hall-country-music-storyteller-who-sang-about-life-n1277358
Get your Shot !
Quote of the Day: “Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities”… Dr. Seuss