Wednesday, July 30th. Day 211 of 2025
It’s Support Public Education Day. Let the NC Legislature and US congress know about this because they’re failing our schools
Happy Cheesecake Day !
1619: The first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the Virginia General Assembly, convenes for the first time
1729: The city of Baltimore is founded
1945: A Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen. The ship had just delivered the first Atomic Bomb used in combat to the US Naval Base on Tinian Island
1956: A joint resolution of Congress is signed by President Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto
1965: President Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid
1974: President Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court. The term “18 Minute Gap” is born
1975: Former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of a restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He is never seen or heard from again
2006: The world’s longest running music show “Top of the Pops” is broadcast for the last time on BBC. The show had aired for 42 years.
News: Two Taylorsville teens charged with armed robbery make court appearances on Tuesday. Taylorsville Police continue to be tight=lipped on circumstances of case…Stony Point man just released from prison is now in jail…Granite Falls woman detained in Alexander County…Drug bust in Caldwell County
Weather: Muggy and 90. Good shot at storm
Sports: Brzykcy back in the show…Official practice for all fall sports begins today at NC High Schools…Panther injury update…Braves lose Acuna again
Happy Birthday: Bud Selig, Paul Anka, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ken Olin, Delta Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Lisa Kudrow, Vivica A. Fox, Hilary Swank, Justin Rose, April Bowlby, Hope Solo
Billy and the Bottle https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/billy-joel-recalls-wife-giving-130000217.html
Word of the Day: redound [ri-dound] to have a good or bad effect or result, as to the advantage or disadvantage of a person or thing. To come back or reflect upon a person as to honor or disgrace. “The reaction and redound was predictable”
Quote of the Day: “Being with a woman all night never hurt any professional baseball player. It’s staying up all night looking for a woman that does him in”…. Casey Stengel (Born this day in 1890)