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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

August 30, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, August 30th. Day 242 of 2022

It’s Grief Awareness Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/grief-awareness-day/

Happy Frankenstein Day ! Mary Shelly, the author of the original author was born this day in 1797

It’s Slinky Day !

1780: General Benedict Arnold secretly promised to surrender the West Point fort to the British army

1905: Ty Cobb made his major league debut with the Detroit Tigers

1963: The “Hotline” between Moscow and Washington, DC, went into operation

1965: Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as a Supreme Court justice. Marshall was the first black justice to sit on the Supreme Court

1991: Azerbaijan declares independence from Soviet Union

1992: The 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff ends with Randy Weaver surrendering to federal authorities

2021: In an abrupt decision by Joe, the last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan. We left some people stranded

In the News: Drive-By shooting Monday in Taylorsville, suspect or suspects still at large…Hickory man held in Alexander County Jail…Catawba County man charged with rape of child…Caldwell Deputies looking for shooting suspect…Fatal crash in Wilkes County…Energy United names new Chief Executive Officer

Weather: Lots of Sun early, Boomer might come calling this afternoon

Sports: Lady Cougar Volleyball wins on the road…AC Sports gets unplanned day off from practice…Panthers make a pair of trades on Monday…Jimmy G staying in San Francisco…Some great College Football this weekend in North Carolina…Pujols hits historic homer

Happy Birthday: Warren Buffett, Elizabeth Ashley, Timothy Bottoms, Michael Chiklis, Cameron Diaz, Andy Roddick

Fish kill in San Francisco Bay https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/large-numbers-fish-dying-san-francisco-bay/2988550/

Joe’s Border Policy continues to mystify https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-chief-says-border-crisis-caused-bidens-no-consequences-policies-illegal-migrants

Day II of classes in Alexander County Schools

Quote of the Day: “If you don’t think too good, don’t think too much”…Ted Williams (Born this day in 1918)

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