Wednesday, June 19th. Day 171 of 2024
It’s Juneteenth. The day in 1865 when the US announced that former slaves were free
Happy Last Day of Spring !
1586: English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to establish England’s first permanent settlement in America
1846: The New York Knickerbocker Club played the New York Club in the first organized baseball game
1910: The first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington
1934: Congress established the Federal Communications Commission
1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the Senate
1978: Garfield was in newspapers around the U.S. for the first time
2006: The Carolina Hurricanes win their first Stanley Cup
2018: The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued
In the News: Town of Taylorsville reports wastewater spill…Taylorsville man arrested for child-sex crimes…Taylorsville Woman arrested after missing court date on felony charges…Hickory man busted in Alexander County traffic stop…Alexander County man arrested on felony charges by Conover Police
Weather: Hot and Dry. High 88 today
The G.O.A.T !
Happy Birthday: Gena Rowlands, Phylicia Rashad, Ann Wilson, Kathleen Turner, Paula Abdul, Dirk Nowitzki, Zoe Saldana
Dr Fauci fesses up ttps://nypost.com/2024/06/18/us-news/dr-anthony-fauci-finally-reverses-course-agrees-keeping-schools-closed-during-covid-was-mistake/
America’s worst run city is…https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13542771/Americas-worst-run-city-New-York-Chicago-San-Francisco.html
Word of the Day: eyesome [ ahy-suhm ] Pleasant to look at. “She is quite eysome to say the least”
Quote of the Day: “When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter – that’s something”… Lou Gehrig ( Born this day in 1902)