Wednesday, August 24th. Day 236 of 2022
Happy Waffle Day ! It’s Peach Pie Day too
1814: British troops invade Washington, D.C. and set the Capital Building and White House ablaze
Hall Smith
Photo: doyouremember.com
1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop
1968: France became the 5th thermonuclear power when they exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific
1989: Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds was banned from baseball for life after being accused of gambling on baseball
1981: Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon
1992: Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane
2006: The planet Pluto was reclassified as a “dwarf planet” by the International Astronomical Union
In the News: Alexander County hires new chief legal officer…Fleetwood Mac tribute band coming to Taylorsville…Iredell County farmer dies in tragic accident…Taylorsville man ordered to serve 30 days in jail…Hickory woman arrested overnight in Alexander County…Former Burke County Corrections Officer jailed for child-sex crimes
Weather: Sunny with a high around 85
Sports: Moore wins first Taylorsville Savings Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week award…AC Women’s Tennis whitewashed by North Lincoln…South Caldwell Hoop coach inducted into State Hall of Fame…Braves on a rampage…Yanks take the Mets again
Happy Birthday: Anne Archer, Mike Huckabee, Steve Guttenberg, Cal Ripken, Jr., Major Garrett, Marlee Matlin, Reggie Miller, Dave Chappelle, Rupert Grint
Nancy’s squeeze gets 5 days in the slammer https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-pelosi-gets-5-days-172535841.html
Weather Service Officials fired because they missed forecast https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/top-hungarian-weather-service-officials-fired-after-wrong-forecast/ar-AA110moy
Quote of the Day: “Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck”…F. Scott Fitzgerald (Born this day in 1896)