It is Wednesday June 3rd, Let’s start the podcast!
This Day in History
• 1888: The poem Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner.
• 1964: The Rolling Stones debuted on U.S. television on Hollywood Palace. Dean Martin hosted the show.
• 1980: The NBA Board of Governors voted to make the 3-point goal a permanent part of pro basketball.
• 1981: Pope John Paul II left a Rome hospital and returned to the Vatican three weeks after an attempt on his life.
• 1982: Elvis Presley’s Memphis mansion, Graceland, opened as a tourist attraction.
• 1989: China’s government sent troops to force protesters out of Tienanmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
• 1997: Residents of the Dickinson, North Dakota, school district voted 2,035 to 569 to continue to call the high school sports teams the Dickinson Midgets. The name, chosen in the 1920s to honor a short basketball team, had been challenged by residents who felt it was inappropriate.
• 2005: An 8-inch french fry found by an Iowa bartender sold for nearly $200 on eBay. Mindy Marland said she was working at the Checkered Flag Bar & Grill when she spotted the unusually long french fry. Marland said she decided to sell it on eBay. Bids started at $1. By the time bidding ended, it had sold for $197.50. She also contacted the Guinness Book of Records after reading the record for the longest french fry was 6 3/4 inches.
Reasons to party
• Global Running Day
• Wonder Woman Day
• World Bicycle Day
• Chocolate Macaroon Day
• National Egg Day
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
5.8 trillion: Miles in a light year.
NEWS ATTACK!
- Amazon is planning a summer sale for June 22.
- The stomach contents of a 110-year-old dinosaur have been revealed.
- There will be a lunar eclipse Friday.
- Congo is battling coronavirus, measles, and Ebola.
- An Army researcher says a coronavirus vaccine may be available by the end of the year.
- A new documentary looks into the 2009 death of actress Brittany Murphy.
- A poll about America’s driving habits says only 49 percent of drivers obey the speed limit.
- A 24-year-old man was killed Tuesday after trying to blow up an ATM in Philadelphia.
- In Austria, a woman was standing on a chair on a balcony when she lost her balance and toppled over the edge. Luckily, instead of hitting the ground 30 feet below, she landed in an extra-large window box on a lower floor.
Water Cooler Question
65% of Americans say they would support this as their national food. (Bacon)
