Wednesday, July 19. Day 200 of 2023
Happy Hot Dog Day ! Grilled with mustard and slaw
Strawberry Daiquiri
1799: The Rosetta Stone, a tablet with hieroglyphic translations into Greek, was found in Egypt
1848: A Women’s rights convention is held in Seneca Falls NY. During the meeting, the group advocated that women wear a garment called “Bloomers”
1909: The first unassisted triple play in major-league baseball was made by Cleveland Indians shortstop Neal Ball in a game against Boston
1946: Marilyn Monroe acted in her first screen test
1969: Twenty-Four hours after crashing his car car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, Senator Ted Kennedy reports to police the death of his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne
1974: The House Judiciary Committee recommended that U.S. President Richard Nixon should stand trial in the Senate for any of the five impeachment charges against him
1980: The Summer Olympics open in Moscow. 12 nations boycott the games including the United States
1985: Christa McAuliffe of New Hampshire was chosen to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the space shuttle. She died with six others when the Challenger exploded the following year
In the News: Alexander County to receive almost $6 million in opioid settlement…Courthouse project in a stall…Inmate escapes prison in Caldwell County…Taylorsville man arrested…Taylorsville woman charged with assault…Statesville man jailed for trafficking methamphetamine
Weather: Hot, Humid, maybe not quite as Hazy today
Sports: Cougar Football kickoff is 30 days…Panthers first workout is a week from this morning…Hornets Miles Bridges trying to get back in good graces…Run explosion in Major League Baseball on Tuesday…Crawdads lose
Happy Birthday: Rachel Robinson, Gaston Glock, Vikki Carr, Brian May, Bernie Leadon, Brian May, Anthony Edwards
That Canadian smoke was terrible around here on Tuesday, here’s something you should know https://www.yahoo.com/news/canada-record-wildfires-got-bad-184317417.html
Atlanta man wins World Series of Poker https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/daniel-weinman-takes-home-record-121-million-top-prize-at-world-series-of-poker/ar-AA1e12B8
Miranda Lambert calls out selfie-takers at concert https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/17/entertainment/miranda-lambert-selfie/index.html
Word of the Day: frivolous [ friv-uh-luhs ] Characterized by lack of seriousness or sense. Self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose. Sentence: She’s fun and frivolous in nature and that’s why people like her.
Quote of the Day: “In no instance have the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people”…
James Madison