Wednesday, July 2nd. Day 183 of 2025. The halfway point of the year is today at Noon
It’s World UFO Day !
1776: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not published until July 4th
1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds President James A. Garfield. Garfiled would die in September as the result of his wounds
1900: The first Zeppelin flight takes place in Germany
1947: An object crashed near Roswell, NM. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft
1962: The first Wal-Mart store opens in Rogers, Arkansas
1964: President Johnson signed the “Civil Rights Act of 1964” into law
1998: CNN retracted a story that alleged that U.S. commandos had used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the Vietnam War. CNN still does things like that but seldom retract anything
2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon
In the News: Dr Bill Griffin celebrates one-year as County Schools Superintendent…Elisa Baker leaves state prison today and gets handed to the Feds…Man shot by Iredell Deputy identified…Wilkes County man facing long list of child-exploitation offenses…Taylorsville man jailed after traffic stop…Stony Point woman busted…Alexander County Judge gives man 72 hours in Jail
Weather: Sunshine mixed with some clouds. High of 87
Sports: Cougar Kids Baseball Camp begins Monday…Miami wins 8th straight and pass the bumbling Braves in the standings…Springer hits slam to beat Yankees…Canes extend Stanky and sigh free agent defenseman from the Rangers…Two Days of Wimbledon and already the Women’s #2 is sent packing
Happy Birthday: Richard Petty, Larry David, Jerry Hall, Clark Kellogg, Jose Canseco, Johnny Weir, Ashley Tisdale, Lindsay Lohan, Alex Morgan , Margot Robbie
We’re all something we’re not sometimes but this guy was a charlatan who bilked people who thought they were doing the right thing. May he rest in Peace but he was a unsavory person disguised as a man of integrity IMO https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-swaggart-dies-obituary-ae4b9f551dc141cc820437ab7c194766
Word of the Day: kale [keyl] Also called borecole. a cabbagelike cultivated plant, Brassica oleracea acephala, of the mustard family, having curled or wrinkled leaves: used as a vegetable. “A salad of kale packed with creamy avocado was offered at the restaurant.”
Quote of the Day: “You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea”… Medgar Evers (Born this day in 1925)