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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

August 17, 2021 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, August 17th. Day 229 of 2021

It’s Black Cat Appreciation Day. I thought we’re supposed to be aware of them anyway

1790: The US Capital moved from Philadelphia to New York City

1903: Joseph Pulitzer donated a million dollars to Columbia University. This started the Pulitzer Prizes in his name

1943: The Allied conquest of Sicily was completed as U.S. and British forces entered Messina

1969: Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256

1977: A day after the death of Elvis Pressley, Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland had surpassed the number for any other event in the company’s history

1996: Ross Perot was announced to be the Reform Party’s presidential candidate

1998: U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky

2008: American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games

In the News: 67 new cases of COVID-19 counted Monday in Alexander County…Burke County Schools will require face coverings…Former Catawba County Judge sent to prison…Man dies from crash while fleeing from Newton Police…Couple from Lenoir nabbed on drug charges by Taylorsville Police

Weather: More Rain, maybe a lot

Sports: ACHS Volleyball opens season with win…Cougar Football enter a season of unknown Friday night, lot of Cougar Football Talk on the Radio this week…Freedom cancels Football opener due to COVID-19…Bama pegged #1 in AP pre-season poll, UNC is 10th…Braves stay hot

Happy Birthday: Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Jon Gruden, Dottie Pepper, Christian Laettner, Donnie Wahlberg, Jim Courier

You should know this https://nypost.com/2021/08/16/taliban-leader-was-freed-from-guantanamo-in-2014-swap-by-obama/

Say it ain’t so Bob https://pagesix.com/2021/08/16/bob-dylan-sued-for-allegedly-sexually-abusing-12-year-old-in-1965/

Get Your shot !

Quote of the Day: “I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That’s the one thing I’m indebted to her for”… W. C. Fields

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