Wednesday, July 29th. Day 210of 2026
Happy Lasagna Day and Chicken Wings Day too. Love them both but Lasagna is a weakness
1890: Vincent van Gogh dies two days after a self-inflicted gunshot wound
1921: Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party
1957: The Tonight Show premieres on NBC with Jack Paar as host
1957: The International Atomic Energy Commission is created
1958: NASA is born when President Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act
1981: A worldwide television audience of over 700 million watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London
2004: Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France
2021: The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude
News: Storms rake across area but not major damage on Tuesday… Registered sex-offender arrested in Alexander County…Stony Point tries to flee on foot from vehicle stop…Charlotte man gets prison time for 2024 shooting in Wilkes County…Maiden man gets at least 21 years for 2021 murder in Lincoln County…Hickory man charged with Sunday shooting along I-77 in Iredell County…Claremont man charged with cutting down communications calbles
Weather: Sunny and 86
Sports: Braves rained out in the Big Apple, they’ll play two games today…Marlins bland the suddenly inept Phillies…Former Panther Luke Kuechly to be lead analyst for Netflx’s NFL games…
Martina McBride
Photo: USA Today
Gary L Herman
Word of the Day: linguistic [ling-gwis-tik] of or belonging to language. From German. “The linguistic flare of the writer made the tale a delightful read.”
Quote of the Day: “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”… Don Marquis