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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

March 3, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, March 3rd. Day 62 of 2023

Happy National Anthem Day. ! The Star Spangled Banner was adopted as our Anthem in 1931

It’s National Employee Appreciation Day

1875: The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal

1923: TIME magazine is published for the first time

1934: John Dillinger escapes from jail in Crown Point, Indiana

1938: Oil is discovered for the first time in Saudi Arabia

1965: The Temptations “My Girl” goes number One on the Billboard Chart

1969: Sirhan Sirhan testified in a Los Angeles court that he killed Senator Robert Kennedy

1991: An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Officers

2005: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling

In the News: Alexander County Tax Office has mailed Reappraisal Notices…County Commissioners say they’ll discuss tax rate…Conover man arrested in Alexander County Church parking lot…Stony Point woman jailed overnight…Statesville Police investigating shooting incident

Weather: Windy with More Rain, Maybe a Boomer. Sunshine emerges on Saturday

Sports: Alexander Central Softball wins Thursday night…Cougar Baseball loses 1-0 to St Stephens…Jerry Richardson dies…Jon Rahm keeps proving why he’s World #1…NASCAR in Vegas

Happy Birthday: Jennifer Warnes, Miranda Richardson, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Herschel Walker, David Faustino

A cat lover to the extreme https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/new-jersey-woman-dies-in-fire-after-threatening-to-blow-up-house-along-with-as-many-as-30-cats/ar-AA189GPE

New technology enables Ford to shut off your AC if you miss a payment https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/miss-a-car-payment-and-ford-s-patent-could-shut-off-your-ac/ar-AA189iNK

Word of the Day: pluvial (ploo-vee-uhl)…of or relating to rain, especially much rain; rainy. “Frankly, I’m tired of this pluvial weather.”

Quote of the Day: “When women go wrong, men go right after them”…Mae West

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