Wednesday, July 23rd. Day 204 of 2025
It’s Gorgeous Grandma Day. Tons of them around. At one time I didn’t think so
Happy Vanilla Ice Cream Day
1829: William Austin Burt patents the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter
1903: The Ford Motor Company sells it’s first car
1904: The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis
1962: Jackie Robinson is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame
1967: Rioting in Detroit begins. 43 die, 1,400 buildings are destroyed
1984: Miss America, Vanessa Williams turns in her crown after nude photos appear in Penthouse Magazine
1995: Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later
2011: Singer Amy Winehouse is found dead in London. She was 27
In the News: Stony Point man now facing additional child-sex related charges…Taylorsville man arrested on fugitive warrants…Statesviile man pleads guilty to death by distribution…Shooting in Conover parking lot Monday night…Alexander County Deputies charge three after traffic stop…Taylorsville Police charge Hiddenite woman with felony possession of ecstasy
Weather: Sunny and 86. Some really hot stuff coming later in the week
Sports: Chew on this, Cougar Football kicks-off in 30 days…Panthers release starting LB. They take the field for first practice of training camp today…Brew Crew winning streak halted at 11…Dodgers in a funk losing 11 of 14…Braves lose but the National Anthem performed by the Liledoun Baptist Church Choir sounded GREAT !!!
Happy Birthday: Ronny Cox, Woody Harrelson, Slash, Alison Krauss, Nomar Garciaparra, Monica Lewinsky, Marlon Wayans, Daniel Radcliffe, Michelle Williams
A sad update on the health of Bruce Willis https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/178159/bruce-willis-health-decline-no-speak-aphasia
Jimmy Buffet’s estate battle gets nastier https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/07/22/jimmy-buffett-wife-estate/85320338007/
Word of the Day: caliper [kal-uh-per] an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters. Automotive, the part of a disc-brake assembly that straddles the disc and presses the brake pads against it. “Measuring with a set of calipers, the diameter was confirmed”
Quote of the Day: “My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team”… Don Drysdale (Born this day in 1936)