Today is Thursday, July 31, the 212th day of 2014. There are 153 days left in the year. On this date: 1790 – 1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1792 – Cornerstone laid for 1st US government building: US Mint in Philaelphia 1809 – 1st …

Margaret Elizabeth Long Bailey, age 80 of Jamestown, (formerly of Rockwood) passed away Thursday, July 24. Funeral and Visitation Arrangements are as Follows: Mrs. Bailey Body will be brought back to Rockwood, for Services at Evans Mortuary on Tuesday, where Family will receive Friends from 4:00pm to 6:00pm (Eastern Standard …

Today is Tuesday, July 29, the 210th day of 2014. There are 155 days left in the year. 1751 – 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England 1835 – 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begins 1847 – …

Today is Monday, July 28, the 209th day of 2014. There are 156 days left in the year. 1741 – Capt Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska 1849 – Memmon is 1st clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY 1858 – First use of fingerprints as a means …

Today is Friday, July 25, the 206th day of 2014. There are 159 days left in the year. 1722 – The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border. 1729 – North Carolina becomes a royal colony 1814 – George Stephenson introduced the 1st steam locomotive 1814, the …

Oak Ridge, Tenn. — The Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department is sponsoring the 9th Annual Memory Magic Scrapbook event at the Oak Ridge Civic Center on September 26 & 27, 2014. The event will include vendors, classes and a large crop area. Online registration will open August 20, 2014 and …

Charles Buhl of Knoxville passed away Monday July 21. His family will receive friends on Thursday from 6 to 8 pm at Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in Clinton with the funeral service to follow. Holley-Gamble Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Bobbie Jo Phillips, 73, of Oliver Springs passed away Tuesday …

Today is Thursday, July 24, the 205th day of 2014. There are 160 days left in the year. 1832 – Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming’s South Pass. 1847 – Brigham Young & his Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City, UT …

Veronica Marie Stenglein Armento, 79 of Oak Ridge passed away on July 19. The family will receive friends at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Wednesday evening, from 7 – 8 PM with a Rosary service at 8 PM with Father Bede Aboh officiating. The funeral mass will be held on Thursday, …

Today is Wednesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2014. There are 161 days left in the year. On this date: 1829 – William Austin Burt patents “typographer” (typewriter) 1852 – 1st interment in US National Cemetery at Presidio 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, …