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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

July 7, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, July 7th. Day 188 of 2022

Brace Yourself, It’s Chocolate Day !

Happy Macaroni Day !

1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged

1907: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of his New York Theater

1928: Sliced bread is sold for the first time by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri

1954: Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when a Memphis station played his first recording for Sun Records, “That’s All Right”

1958: President Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law

1981: President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court

2000: NASCAR driver Kenny Irwin dies in a crash at New Hampshire Speedway

2017: Tesla Motors produces its first mass-market car, the Model 3

In the News: Man dies in Wilkes County crash…Hudson woman charged with murder of brother…Alexander County woman caught in the act…Taylorsville Police nab suspected shoplifter…

Weather: Hot and Humid. Maybe another afternoon Boomer

Sports: Panthers get Baker Mayfield, who will start ?…NHL Draft is tonight…Braves shutout the Cards…Yankees hand 16 on Pirates…Shohei Ohtani is almost beyond belief

Happy Birthday: Doc Severinsen, Ringo Starr, Shelley Duvall, Corbin Bernsen, Jessica Hahn, Ralph Sampson, Michelle Kwan

Carlos Santana recovering after collapse https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-michigan-7217b691349ecc93eb1af42c77116bfd?utm_source=Connatix&utm_medium=HomePage

A record catch off the NC coast https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/state-record-graysby-grouper-caught-off-north-carolina-coast/ar-AAZhp4l

Turn on the Radio or click online today at 5pm for “Around the Legal World in 30 Minutes” brought to you by Harbinson & Brzykcy Attorneys at Law. Joel Harbinson will discuss the possibility of Alexander County getting a Public Defenders Office

Quote of the Day: “Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching”… Satchel Paige (Born this day in 1905.1906. or maybe 1907)

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