Wednesday, August 12th. Day 224 of 2026
It’s Elephant Day and Milkman Day
Happy Vinyl Record Day ! At one time, I had a pretty substantial collection. The worst of it is I really don’t know what happened to most of them
1492: Christopher Columbus arrives in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World
1851: Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine
1877: Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph and made the fist sound recording
1898: Hawaii is annexed by the United States
1939: “The Wizard of Oz” premiered in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The movie premiered in Hollywood on August 15th
1981: IBM unveiled it’s first PC
1994: Major league baseball players went on strike. The strike lasted for 232 days. As a result, the World Series was wiped out for the first time in 90 years
2021: Phoenix is reported to be the fastest-growing city in America, overtaking Philadelphia to be the nation’s fifth largest at 1.6 million. The current top 5 American cities by population are NY City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix. San Antonio is a close 6th
News: Storms pound area but no major problems reported…Bethlehem home damaged by Tuesday fire…Wilkes County man drowns in Tennessee…Taylorsville woman indicted on felony drug charge…Alexander Deputies charge man with breaking and entering and communicating threats…Tennessee murder investigation might have Caldwell County connection
Weather: Sunny and near 95
Sports: Alexander Central names new Cross Country coach…AC Volleyball opens season with win at Patton…Braves blank the Mets…Rays win streak hits 8…Red Sox drop 4th in a row…Did you hear about the Arkansas high school football player with a snake in his helmet ?
Happy Birthday: Mark Knopfler, Pat Metheny, Sir Mix-a-Lot, Pete Sampras, Casey Affleck, Maggie Lawson
Coach, I think there’s something in my helmet https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/49585268/high-school-football-player-arkansas-finds-viper-helmet
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Quote of the Day: “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”..Henry David Thoreau