Wednesday, August 14th. Day 227 of 2024
It’s Tattoo Removal Day ! Don’t have one, don’t like them
1888: A patent for the electric meter was granted to Oliver B. Shallenberger
1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly
1941: Congress appropriated the funds to construct the Pentagon (approximately $83 million)
1945: It was announced by President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II
1947: Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire
1959: Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League
1995: Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet in the history of The Citadel, South Carolina’s state military college. She quit the school less than a week later
2015: In Havana, Cuba, the U.S. Embassy was re-opened after being closed 54 years earlier
In the News: fatal crash in Caldwell County…Taylorsville man charged with assaulting Detention Officer…Alexander County man nabbed for felony drug offenses…Taylorsville man jailed on felony probation charge…Burke County man facing charges related to the US Capital Takeover in 2021
Weather: Sunshine and 85
Sports: The Turf and Track Project at Cougar Stadium has entered the “Green Stage”…Brzykcy gets win in AAA…Braves go 10 to beat Giants for 2nd straight night…Soto goes yard thrice for the Yankees…Legendary Basketball player Frank Selvy dies at 91
Happy Birthday: Steve Martin, Susan Saint James, Danielle Steel, Rusty Wallace, Marcia Gay Harden, Magic Johnson, Halle Berry, Catherine Bell, Mila Kunis, Tim Tebow
Harris Campaign accused of tweaking headlines https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-campaign-changing-google-articles-headlines-sway-voters-1938781
Join me this morning on the Radio at 7:45. Chris Campbell, Alexander County Schools Facility Director will give us an update on the Turf and Track Project, Tennis Facility Project, Sugar Loaf Gym Project and more
Word of the Day: legume [ leg-yoom ] The dry fruit of plants of the legume family (such as peas or beans) that develops from a single carpel of a flower and usually splits into two halves with seeds attached to the seam of one half. The fruit or seeds of a legume plant such a peanut or pea. From French meaning to gather.
Quote of the Day: “I don’t want to spend my whole life watching the sun go down behind the left field bleachers.”… Earl Weaver (Born this day in 1930)