Wednesday, August 9th. Day 221 of 2023
It’s National Book Lovers Day ! I’m one
Today is National Women’s Day..Pun intended, what day is not Women’s Day ?
1854: Henry David Thoreau published “Walden”
1936: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympic Games
1944: The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time
1945: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed instantly. Countless others perish as the result of radiation
1969: Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate , coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men’s hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent in Los Angeles
1974: Richard Nixon becomes the first President to resign from office. Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president
1999: Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet
In the News: Most power restored after Monday storm…Early voting schedule announced for Taylorsville Election…Maybe the most frequent resident of Alexander County Jail is back behind bars…Hickory man arrested in Alexander County…Taylorsville woman facing charges…Wilkes County woman charged with arson
Weather: Sunshine and 87
Sports: Cougar Football scrimmages at Davie County this morning…Panther have workouts with NY Jets today in Spartanburg…ACC Presidents talking about adding or subtracting ?…Braves Rally to beat Pittsburgh…Rangers rolling…Crawdads win streak at 7 and all on the road
Winning Mega-Millions Jackpot ticket drawn Tuesday night https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-55-billion-mega-millions-040526847.html
Happy Birthday: Bob Cousy, Rod Laver, Sam Elliott, Melanie Griffith, Amanda Bearse, Michael Kors, Brett Hull, Hoda Kotb, Deion Sanders, Gillian Anderson, Eric Bana, Audrey Tautou, Anna Kendrick
Word of the Day: cupidity [ kyoo-pid-i-tee ] Eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed. Cupidity originally comes from the Latin word cupiditās, meaning “eager, desirous.” Sentence: The CEO’s cupidity led to unethical business practices.
Quote of the Day: “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light”…Plato