IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1909: Alice Huyler Ramsey, a 22-year-old housewife and mother from Hackensack, New Jersey, became the first woman to drive across the United States. With three female companions, none of whom could drive a car, for fifty-nine days she drove a Maxwell automobile the 3,800 miles from Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California.
• 1915: Les Paul was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In the 1940s and ’50s he transformed popular music by inventing the modern solid-body electric guitar.
• 1980: Comedian Richard Pryor suffered near-fatal burns at his home when a mixture of “free-base” cocaine exploded.
• 1986: The Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
• 1994: In North Yorkshire, England, car thieves stole British Home Secretary Michael Howard’s bulletproof car while he was a attending a meeting of police chiefs. The car was found later minus all four wheels.
• 2011: In Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, six women were arrested for practicing driving in an empty car lot.
SPECIAL EVENTS
• Call Your Doctor Day
• Donald Duck Day
• Pet Memorial Day
• Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
6.8: Miles down to the lowest point on Earth, Challenger Deep at the bottom of the western Pacific Ocean.
NEWS ATTACK!
- Health researchers say an average cinnamon pastry can have as much fat as two pork chops with mashed potatoes.
- A woman in California stole an ambulance and then totaled it.
- A treasure chest full of gold, jewelry and other valuables worth $1 million was found in the Rocky Mountains, according to the man who hid it there more than a decade ago. Art dealer and author Forrest Fenn confirmed that “the search is over” in an announcement on his website.
- A monkey in Kenya fell onto a transformer at the main electrical plant and knocked out power for nearly four hours. Fortunately, the monkey survived.
- Father’s Day is a couple of weeks away.]
- Hotels are trying to lure back customers by emphasizing how clean they are, offering gift cards and other freebies.
- A worker at an Amazon warehouse in Wales is asking customers to check their packages for the engagement ring that fell off her finger at work.
- While the whole world is following the social distancing norms New Zealand has lifted all restrictions. Border controls will still remain and people coming from other countries will be tested.
- Dunkin’ locations are still serving their loyal customers and are now getting ready for re-opening in certain areas. In response, Dunkin’ franchises are looking to hire 25,000 new employees to fulfill entry-level positions as well as managerial spots.
- According to an online study, women have fashion on the brain 91 times in a given day — that’s more than four times the amount that men think about sex.
- Police in Holland confiscated the car and driver’s license of a man caught speeding who said he was just trying to dry his car after he had washed it.
Water Cooler Question
The average American eats 50 of these a year. (Bananas)
