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Richard C Gilbert’s Black Friday Blog

November 23, 2018 By Richard C. Gilbert

* * * * F R I D A Y * * * * N O V E M B E R 23rd * * * * D A Y 326 of 2018 * * * *

It’s Black Friday ! If you see me in a retail store, call 911 because I’m obviously being held hostage

1889: The first Jukebox went into operation at the Palace Royale Saloon in San Francisco

LIFE Magazine debuts in 1936

Nearly 5,000 die in a series of earchquakes in Italy in 1980

Singer Freddie Mercury dies in 1991

1998: The United States tobacco industry agrees to the largest civial settlement in history. They would pay $206 billion to sick smoker and settle all state claims

In the News: One airlifted from crash on Highway 16 Thursday morning…County Offices and Town Hall remain closed today…Wilkes County man charged with death by vehicle…Statesville man charged with multiple felony drug counts…Hit and run in Hickory

Weather: Chilly today, cold rain tonight

Sports: Hardee to be inducted into State Hall of Fame…High School Football Playoffs resume this evening…Saints, Cowbaoys, and Bears get Thanksgiving wins in NFL…Big Saturday for LRU and App State Football….Tar Heel Hoops fall in Vegas

Bruce Hornsby

Happy Birthday: Luis Tiant, Susan Anspach, Bruce Hornsby, Robin Roberts, Miley Cyrus

Tiger and Phil will duel today in a made for TV pay per view event in Vegas. It would interest me if they were putting up about $5 million each, winner take all.

Back to normal today. Thanksgiving goodwill can only last so long I suppose !

Quote of the Day: “Make sure the clothes you buy on Black Friday take into account how fat you got on Thanksgiving”…Unknown

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