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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

April 28, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, April 28th. Day 118 of 2023

Happy Arbor Day ! Plant a tree

It’s Pay it Forward Day ! Treat someone to lunch

1789: Known as “The Mutiny on the Bounty” Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against its captain William Bligh in the South Pacific

1881: Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Lincoln, New Mexico

1923: Wembley Stadium opens in London

1957: WSOC TV channel 9 in Charlotte begins broadcasting

1965: US marines invade Dominican Republic, stay until October 1966

1967: Muhammad Ali refuses induction into Army and is stripped of boxing title

1987: Two days after the Chernobal Nuclear accident, Soviet TV admits it happened

1987: NBA announces expansion to Charlotte and Miami

2011: The Carolina Panthers select Auburn QB Cam Newton with the first pick in the NFL Draft

In the News: Phone call to Alexander Central being investigated by Taylorsville Police…Company with facility in Alexander County has been sold…Taylorsville man facing drug charges…Former Highway Patrol Trooper from Wilkes County facing child-sex trafficking charges…

Weather: More Rain, Warmer high 74. Sunshine Saturday but the Rain returns on Sunday

Sports: Panthers take Bama QB with top draft pick…Canes go for clincher tonight on the Island…Celtics win series…Braves blow one in the ninth…Pirates and Orioles have won 9 of 10…NASCAR runs the Monster Mile in Dover

Happy Birthday: Ann Margret, Bruno Kirby, Jay Leno, Mary McDonnell, Elena Kagan, John Daly, Penélope Cruz, Jessica Alba

Jerry Springer passes https://apnews.com/article/jerry-springer-dies-1430502c51d9d4603e786b2afc04581e

Word of the Day: filial [ fil-ee-uhl ] Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter. Noting or having the relation of a child to a parent

Have a Wonderful Weekend !!!

Quote of the Day: “I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don’t believe I deserved my friends”…Walt Whitman

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