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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

August 11, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, August 11th. Day 223 of 2023

It’s Play in the Sand Day. If you have a Sandbox, I’ll bring the pail and shovel ?

Happy Presidential Joke Day ! Wow, the material is endless nowadays

1909: The American ship Arapahoe became the first to ever use the SOS distress signal off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

1929: Babe Ruth hits his 500th homer

1934: Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received federal prisoners for the first time

1967: The Alexander County Courthouse is destroyed in a pre-dawn fire. No injures but the structure was leveled. That’s how we ended up with the current bomb-shelter we have now

1984: President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing , the President said of the Soviet Union, “My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”

1992: In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States

2002: US Airways announced they were filing for bankruptcy

In the News: Taylorsville man facing 50 felony charges involving child pornography…Hickory Police Charge Taylorsville man…Taylorsville Police arrest Statesville man on felony larceny and felony drug charges…Man and woman shot to death in Wilkes County…Man killed in Hickory on Wednesday

Weather: Clouds more often than not today. Pretty stuffy weekend expected

David McConnell

Sports: Alexander Central names new Women’s Soccer Coach…Cougar Football host scrimmage tonight vrs West Iredell…Panthers host Jets Saturday afternoon in first pre-season game…Braves lose again in Pittsburgh…Spieth leads the way in Memphis…NASCAR run Indy this weekend

Happy Birthday: Eric Carmen, Steve Wozniak, Hulk Hogan, Fredrick Smith, Joe Jackson, Chris Kelly, Viola Davis, Chris Hemsworth

Cuban economy so bad that some are clamoring for Fidel to return https://news.yahoo.com/cuba-economic-crisis-worse-fall-194255002.html

Glad I wasn’t on that flight https://apnews.com/article/ntsb-investigation-united-airlines-flight-hawaii-7744614cd1202c938b550ea2cea4bafb

Word of the Day: feted [ fet-id, fee-tid ] Having an offensive odor; stinking. malodorous, smelly, putrid

Quote of the Day: “The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history” Carl T Rowan (Born this day in 1925)

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