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Richard C Gilbert’s Monday Blog

September 18, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Monday, September 18th. Day 261 of 2023

Happy Air Force Day ! The Air Force was established this day in 1947

It’s Cheeseburger Day

1793: President George Washington laid the actual cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol Building

1830: The “Tom Thumb”, the first locomotive built in America, raced a horse on a nine-mile course. The horse won when the locomotive had some mechanical difficulties

1851: The first issue of “The New York Times” was published

1927: CBS made its debut with its network broadcast on 18 radio stations

1948: Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate

1955: The “Ed Sullivan Show” debuted on CBS

1994: Ken Burn’s documentary miniseries “Baseball” premieres on PBS

2014: Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom

In the News: Conover man operating mower on roadway struck and killed…Hickory Police searching for suspect involved in double fatality…Felony drug charge filed in Alexander County…Conover police charge Taylorsville man…Stony Point man nabbed in Iredell County…Statesville Police charge man with machete attack

Weather: Very nice to start the week. Sunshine and 78 today

Sports: Cougars humiliated at Sun Valley…Panthers host Saints tonight…UNC, NC State, Duke and Wake all get Saturday wins, App too…Hamlin wins night race at Bristol…Baseball down to final two weeks of regular season

Happy Birthday: Scotty Bowman, Frankie Avalon, Rick Pitino, Lance Armstrong, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jason Sudeikis

Pilot ejects over South Carolina https://www.yahoo.com/news/pilot-training-one-americas-most-235801415.html

Word of the Day: badinage [ bad-n-ahzh ] Light, playful banter. Badinage comes from French, from the verb badin(er), meaning “to joke, trifle.” Badinage is also a verb in English, meaning “to banter with or tease someone playfully.” Sentence: The show was filled with clever badinage.

Quote of the Day: “Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it”… Greta Garbo (Born this day in 1905)

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