Morning Rush

The heat is back! The heat is back! It’s going to feel over 100!

LOCAL HEADLINES

  1. Breath-Stealing Heat to Make it Feel Well over 100 (Inquirer)
  2. Women Vote Summit Energizes Youth (Tribune)
  3. Limo Driver Found Shot and Killed in Feltonville (MyFoxPhilly)

WEATHER

  • Excessively hot again
  • HIGHS: 99°
  • WIND: WSW 11 mph

TODAY IN HISTORY

  • 1955 – Disneyland – Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism – opens in Anaheim, California.
  • 1996 – Shortly after takeover from New York’s Kennedy International Airport, a TWA Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Paris explodes over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 230 people on board.
  • 1941 – New York Yankees centerfielder Joe DiMaggio fails to get a hit against the Cleveland Indians, which brings his historic 56-game hitting streak to an end.
  • 1945 – The conference of Allied victors at Potsdam, outside of Berlin, begins, with U.S. President Harry Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in attendance.

About Tim Ronaldson

When I first joined Elauwit, I figured I’d be here for two years, tops, before advancing my career in journalism somewhere else. That was 2005. Great job or lack of motivation? You decide. | View all posts by Tim Ronaldson