Hello. Welcome to your weekend.
We’re glad you are here! Well, the summer temps seem to be hiding on us as we continue through a cooler pattern…and what about that rain? CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST to see how many hoodies you need to have handy!
As we all know, Mother Nature will do what she does, we just try to work around it!
On Saturday morning we also like to take a minute to intentionally slow things down before tackling another day. Which is why we do our weekly “scroll down memory lane.”
It’s just a simple look back at events that happened on these days in history-a peek back before you move ahead and make new history today. So, grab you favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is Sunday, June 15th, the 166th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1775, George Washington became Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
In 1785, two Frenchmen were killed attempting to cross the English Channel in a balloon. The deaths were the first recorded fatalities in aviation history.
In 1844, Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber. He later made the rubber into tires.
In 1916, the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated by a bill signed by President Wilson.
In 1917, the Espionage Act passed, making it illegal to spy against the United States.
In 1919, Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Browne made the first successful, non-stop, transatlantic flight. They flew from Newfoundland to Ireland.
In 1992, then Vice President Dan Quayle, relying on a faulty flash card, wrongly instructed a student on how to spell potato during a spelling bee.
In 1995, O.J. Simpson struggled to fit into a pair of leather gloves that prosecutors at the trial said were used in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
In 1996, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald died in California. She was 78.
In 2006, a grim milestone was reported about the war in Iraq. It was reported that the number of U.S. military deaths had reached the 25-hundred mark. About 80 percent of those deaths were combat deaths.
In 2006, in a shocking move, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announced that he would step down from his day-to-day role at the software giant in 2008. Gates said he would continue to work for Microsoft part-time as chairman and senior technical advisor and would focus his energy full-time at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In 2007, CBS aired Bob Barker’s final appearance on the long running game show “The Price Is Right” twice — once in daytime and once in prime time. Months earlier, the 83-year-old Barker announced he was retiring from the show he launched back in 1972.
In 2012, former President Obama announced a controversial policy shift to stop deporting young illegal immigrants who do not present safety or security risks.
In 2012, tightrope walker Nik Wallenda walked across a high wire over Niagara Falls. Wallenda’s death-defying stunt took 25 minutes to complete.
In 2014, radio personality Casey Kasem died at age 82.
In 2016, the body of two-year-old Lane Graves of Nebraska was recovered in Florida. The boy was dragged by an alligator into the waters of a man-made lagoon at a Walt Disney Resort the night before.
In 2016, Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki passed Pete Rose for the most hits in professional baseball history, with his four-thousand-257th career hit.
In 2018, Physicist Stephen Hawking’s ashes are interred in Westminster Abbey, London, between the remains of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin
In 2019, a jersey belonging to baseball star Babe Ruth became the most expensive sports memorabilia when it sold for five-point-six million dollars at auction.
In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled jobs cannot discriminate against employees who are gay and transgender.
In 2022, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 in an attempt to control rising inflation.
In 2023, former member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard Jack Teixeira was indicted for leaking classified documents online.
That brings us here to this day. Whatever plans you have for your weekend, here’ hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books.
Thanks for stopping by!
