Wednesday, July 7th. Day 188 of 2021
Brace Yourself, It’s Chocolate Day !
1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged
1907: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of his New York Theater
1928: Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri
1954: Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when a Memphis station played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right”
1958: President Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law
1981: President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court
2000: NASCAR driver Kenny Irwin dies in a crash at New Hampshire Speedway
In the News: Alexander County License Plate Agency to close at lunch this week…Everyone is safe after planes bounces off runway at Statesville Airport on Tuesday…Video released of Drive-By shooting last week in Statesville…Boone Police release statement on shooting incident over the weekend…Burke County man mistakenly released from jail is now back in custody
Weather: Sunny early, clouds arrive this afternoon. High near 90
Sports: Moonshiners shutout by Mocksville…Sports Screenings coming next week for Alexander County Athletes…ACHS Cheerleading Camp is next week…Suns win Game I…Will the Lightening hoist the Cup tonight ?….Braves starting to make me use bad words…Cubs in death spiral
Happy Birthday: Doc Severinsen, David McCullough, Ringo Starr, Shelley Duvall, Corbin Bersen, Jessica Hahn, Ralph Sampson, Michelle Kwan
The drought is worsening in the west https://apnews.com/article/great-salt-lake-air-quality-lakes-wildlife-lifestyle-1adae582035c7f1b03f2a5cb57c0dda8
Study says men lack friends, relationships https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/american-men-suffer-a-friendship-recession/
They seem like a happy couple https://apnews.com/article/ok-state-wire-gwen-stefani-blake-shelton-oklahoma-music-50d0ca9c25be97c60f474788ee6024b5
Quote of the Day: “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching”… Satchel Paige (Born this day in 1905.1906. or maybe 1907)