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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

January 20, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, July 20

It’s Cheese Lovers Day

Happy Take a Walk Outdoors Day ! I’m on it, probably around 2pm

1841: The island of Hong Kong was ceded to Great Britain. It returned to Chinese control in July 1997

1887: The Senate approved an agreement to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base

1892: The first official basketball game was played by students at the Springfield, MA, YMCA Training School

1942: Nazi officials held the Wannsee Conference accepting the “Final Solution” that called for exterminating Europe’s Jews. The film “Conspiracy” is a brilliant, fact based, film about the gathering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference

1981: Iran released 52 Americans that had been held hostage for 444 days. The release occurred minutes after the presidency had passed from Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan

1994: Shannon Faulkner became the first woman to attend classes at The Citadel. Faulkner dropped out

The Eagles

1998: The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

In the News: Taylorsville man jailed on charges that include assault on unborn child…Catawba County Father and Son arrested by Taylorsville Police…Shooting incident in Hickory, man charged…Conover man nabbed for drug trafficking…Iredell authorities continue search for murder suspect

Weather: Sunny and Windy, High 52

Sports: Big conference games at home vrs Freedom tonight in the Cougar Den…NC State at UNC on Saturday highlights the ACC…Canes win but might have lost a key player…Panthers have chinwag with Sean Payton today…NFL Playoff front and center Saturday and Sunday

Happy Birthday: Buzz Aldrin, Paul Stanley, Lorenzo Lamas, Bill Maher, Edwin McCain, Kellyanne Conway, Nikki Haley, Rae Carruth

I find it difficult to believe anything Alec Baldwin ever says https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/will-alec-baldwin-face-jail-time-involuntary-manslaughter-rust-case-215959646.html

David Crosby has died https://apnews.com/article/david-crosby-dies-obit-3a1142b65616fa95c34c837a94f2c69f?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_04

Word of the Day: haulageway [ haw-lij-wey ] a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine

Quote of the Day: “Don’t stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed” …George Burns (Born this day in 1896)

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