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Richard C Gilbert’s First Day Of Winter Blog

December 21, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Wednesday, December 21. Day 355 of 2022

Happy Winter ! It begins today

It’s Crossword Puzzle Day

Salute, it’s Short Girl Appreciation Day. I never look down on them, short girls rock !!!

1620: The “Mayflower”, and its pilgrims from England land at Plymouth Rock, MA

1898: Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium

1937: Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature . The movie was “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

1951: Joe DiMaggio announced his retirement from Baseball

1978: Police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John W. Gacy Jr. and began unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that Gacy was later convicted of killing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

1988: 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack

1995: The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control

In the News: Woman charged with stabbing death of man in Alexander County…Sheriff’s Office searching for Registered Sex Offender from Alexander County…Hickory woman arrested in Alexander County…Statesville man pleads guilty to murder…Missing teen in Caldwell County…Lenoir man charged with drug trafficking

Weather: Sunny with a high around 45 today

Sports: Cougar Hoops host North Gaston tonight…Wake drops Duke…Carolina Hurricanes are melting the ice…NC State QB leaving for Kentucky…Stunning development in Baseball

Happy Birthday: Phil Donahue, Jane Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evert, Ray Romano, Andy Dick, Kiefer Sutherland, Karrie Webb

The R Word is being used a lot https://finance.yahoo.com/news/economists-place-70-chance-us-110000504.html

The Governor did this ! https://www.wxii12.com/article/janet-danahey-deadly-fire-campus-apartments-clemency/42298397

I wish I could have taken a photo but I saw Santa driving a Subaru yesterday

Quote of the Day: “There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known”… John Lennon

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