Wednesday, July 17th. Day 199 of 2024
It’s National Hot Dog Day !
Happy Peach Ice Cream Day and it’s National Everybody Deserves a Massage Week
1821: Spain ceded Florida to the United States
1867: Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
1941: The longest hitting streak in baseball history (56 games) ended when the Cleveland Indians pitchers held New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitless
1955: Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California
Love Valley Music Festival
1984: The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21
1987 – Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North and rear Admiral John Poindexter begin testifying to Congress at the “Iran-Contra” hearings
1997: After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed their last 400 stores
In the News: Taylorsville Town Board expected to name new Town Manager this morning…County Commissioners agree to join statewide opioid settlement…Stony Point woman busted on felony drug charges…Hickory woman arrested in Alexander County…Taylorsville man jailed after tussle with Deputies…Authorities raid 7 smoke and vape shops in Statesville
Weather: Good chance of more rain today
Sports: Parents of ACHS Fall Athletes encouraged to attend meeting next Tuesday…Hickory FC Soccer host Playoff Match tonight…AL rallies to beat NL in All-Star Game…Singer was drunk (obviously) Monday night while mumbling the Anthem at Home Run Derby
Luke Bryan
Trump Shooter got day-off from work https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shooter-said-needed-day-230132250.html
Intel hints at Iranian plot to assassinate Trump https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/politics/iran-plot-assassinate-trump-secret-service/index.html
Word of the Day: hermitage [ hur-mi-tij ] A secluded place of residence or habitation. A hideaway. The life or condtion of a hermit. “On weekends he escapes to his hermitage in the mountains.”
Quote of the Day: “I admit, I have a tremendous sex drive. My boyfriend lives forty miles away”…Phyllis Diller (Born this day in 1917)