Wednesday, June 17th. Day 168
It’s Mascot Day
1775: The British take Bunker Hill outside Boston
1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
1939: The last public guillotining took place in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles
1972: Watergate is born. Five operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
1994: Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman
2012: Rodney King—whose videotaped beating by white Los Angeles Police Officers in March 1991 that sparked violent race riots—was found dead in his swimming pool in California
2015: Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina
2021: Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Biden
News: Florida man with extensive criminal record arrested after Alexander County vehicle-stop…Taylorsville man busted on drug charges…Alexander County Water and Sewer projects are updated…Alexander County Teachers up for State CTE Teacher of the Year
Weather: Sunny and mid to upper 80’s today
Sports: Cougar Football Schedule released…Tar Heels play West Virginia this afternoon in College World Series…Messi scores Hat Trick…Braves and Giants suspended by rain…Nationals on a heater
Happy Birthday: Newt Gingrich, Barry Manilow, Joe Piscopo, Greg Kinnear, Dan Jensen, Jason Patric, Will Forte, Venus Williams
UNC goes heavy on Elon Musk’s SpaceX https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/university-endowments-are-about-to-strike-it-big-on-the-spacex-ipo/ar-AA259i39
Armadillos are getting more common in Western North Carolina https://wlos.com/news/local/armadillos-wnc-invasive-western-north-carolina-henderson-county-nc-animal-damage-ecosystem-trapping-hunt-permit-nature-community-cooperative-extension-office
Word of the Day: praline [prah-leen] French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut, sometimes referred to a a sugar almond. From French. “A fudgy, cream-based kind of praline is especially popular in the South.”
Quote of the Day: “If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.”… Confucius