Wednesday, July 16th. Day 197 of 2025
Happy National Hot Dog Day ! I keep it simple, slaw and mustard
1790: The District of Columbia is established as our Nation’s Capital
1935: The world’s first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1941: Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as an MLB record
The First Atomic Blast
1969: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched
1980: Ronald Reagan wins the Republican nomination for President at the Detroit Convention
1981: After 23 years with the name Datsun, executives of Nissan changed the name of their cars to Nissan
1999: John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bassette, died when the aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard
2004: Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators
In the News: County Commissioners approve incentive to bring back Urgent Care facility…Wittenburg Swim Beach reopens…Stony Point charged with indecent liberties…Stony Point man jailed in Iredell County…Taylorsville man gets 120 day jail term…Statesville woman charged with felony drug county in Alexander County…Sheriff’s Office releases June report
Weather: Clouds mix with Sunshine. Humid and Hot with a Boomer this afternoon
Sports: Alexander Central Cheer Camp begins this morning…Official Fall Sports practice beings two-weeks from today…Major League All-Star game ends in draw but NL gets win in “Swing-Off”…NBA looking at possible expansion…
Happy Birthday: Margaret Court, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Flatley , Phoebe Cates, Phil Hellmuth, Will Ferrell, Barry Sanders, Larry Sanger, Adam Scott, Carli Lloyd, Anna Lynne McCord
Leave that tree alone ! https://www.yahoo.com/news/men-sentenced-over-4-years-150055282.html
Word of the Day: renege [ri-nig ] In cards, to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play. To go back on one’s word. From Latin meaning to deny. “The renege cost me the game”
Quote of the Day: “I cannot abide stupidity, in myself or in others”… Ginger Rogers (Born this day in 1911)
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