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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

September 27, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, September 27th. Day 270 of 2022

It’s Chocolate Milk Day. Yep, my parents told me it came from brown cows

1779: John Adams was elected to negotiate with the British over the American Revolutionary War peace terms

1938: The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow, Scotland

1954: The “Tonight Show” made its debut on NBC with Steve Allen as host

1989: Columbia Pictures Entertainment agreed to buy Sony Corporation for $3.4 billion

1995: The Federal Government unveiled the redesigned $100 bill. The bill featured a larger, off-center portrait of Benjamin Franklin

1994: Google (which I don’t use) claims this as the day of their search engine launch

2019: Over two million people participated in worldwide strikes to protest climate change

In the News: Man dies in Tractor accident Monday afternoon west of Taylorsville…Taylorsville man charged with indecent liberties…Stony Point man charged with multiple offenses…Conover man arrested for church break-in…Catawba County Deputies searching for suspect after Claremont home hit with gunfire

Weather: Lovely Autumn Day, High around 72

Sports: Cougar Football has good vibe heading into conference opener…Cowboys win on Monday night…Braves pull to within game of Mets…MadBum put on the shelf for rest of season…Hornets open training camp today

Happy Birthday: Randy Bachman, Mike Schmidt, Shaun Cassidy, Steve Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lil Wayne, Avril Lavigne

Ian getting stronger https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-nfl-sports-cuba-storms-7975f44228a6d44a86cb945e856240d8?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_01

California losing luster in the dark https://www.yahoo.com/news/dodging-blackouts-california-faces-questions-145526111.html

It pays to have good genes https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/four-sisters-with-a-combined-age-of-389-years-earn-guinness-world-record/ar-AA12gtpN

Quote of the Day: “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please”…Mark Twain

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