Wednesday, June 10th. Day 161 of 2026
Happy Iced Tea Day !
1692: Bridget Bishop is hanged after being declared a Witch in Salem, Massachusetts
1854: The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students
1935: Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio
1944: 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player in Major League history
1947: Saab produces its first automobile. The Swedish automaker stopped production in 2016
1964: United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act, leading to the bill’s passage
1977: Martin Luther King’s killer James Earl Ray escapes Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later
1984: The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations
2005: Babe Ruth’s 1919 contract that moved him from Boston to the Yankees sold at auction for $996,000
2007: “The Sopranos” ends it’s six-year-run on HBO
News: Mitchell named Assistant County Manager…Commissioners say they will fully comply with School Budget request…Hiddenite woman charged with intentionally hitting victim with her car…Taylorsville man charged with sexual assault…Alexander County Deputies arrest man on stolen property charges…
Weather: Clouds, Showers, and Storms today. It gonna get Hot !
Sports: Registration for Fall Athletes underway at ACHS…Canes pull even and head to Raleigh with Stanley Cup Finals tied at two-games…NBA Game IV tonight in the Garden…Panthers coach shows-up at camp on Tuesday with bandage on nose…Braves let one get away, Acuna pulls-up with hamstring tightness…Cardinals have won 5 straight…
Happy Birthday: Dan Fouts, Gina Gershon, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Elizabeth Hurley, Tara Lipinski, Kate Upton, Sasha Obama
My guess is, Liam don’t need the money https://thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/liam-neeson-scam-285091
I can’t do that https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2026/06/09/nepal-Guinness-World-Records-100-stairs-on-the-hands/5561781026769/
Word of the Day: turban [tur-buhn] man’s headdress, worn esp by Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs, made by swathing a length of linen, silk, etc, around the head or around a caplike base, a woman’s brimless hat. Turkish origin dating to 1500’s. “It was suggested by the man wearing a turban.”
Quote of the Day: “My mother had a marvelous talent for mishandling money – mine.”… Judy Garland (Born this day in 1922)