Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

Friday, June 27th. Day 178 of 2025

It’s Bingo Day, Food Truck Day, Onion Day and Pineapple Day

Happy Sunglasses Day !

1847: New York and Boston were linked by telegraph wires

1929: Scientists at Bell Laboratories in New York revealed a system for transmitting television pictures

1950: Two days after North Korea invaded South Korea, U.S. President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict

1954: The world’s first atomic power station opened near Moscow

1967: The world’s first cash ATM was installed at Barclays Bank in Enfield, England

1980: President Carter signed legislation reviving draft registration

2008: Bill Gates steps down as Chairman of Microsoft Corporation

2024: Joe Biden is clearly less than cognitive during a debate vrs Donald Trump. It leads to confirmation of his mental state (most us knew for a decade) and him withdrawing his re-election bid
In the News: Alexander County Sheriff’s Office, Taylorsville Police and other agencies raid some Alexander County Vape Shops on Thursday…Two arrests made in Hiddenite stabbing…Alexander County man jailed again…Catawba County Commission Chair says the merger of school systems will not be forced…State issues alert concerning the “Spottted Laternfly”…Vashti Day Celebration is Saturday

Weather: Pretty Hot and potentially Stormy this weekend

Sports: Cougar Basketball in showcase event today and Saturday…Hornets take two players in 2nd round of Draft including another Dukie…NHL Draft begins tonight…Mets beat Braves…Dodgers win 50th…NASCAR runs Atlanta on Sunday

Happy Birthday: Frank Mills, Bruce Johnston, Lorrie Morgan, Julia Duffy, Tobey Maguire, Khloe Kardasian

Fire in the Sky https://www.yahoo.com/news/fireball-spotted-over-southeast-us-184252660.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

So long to the Blue Screen https://apnews.com/article/bsod-black-screen-windows-error-page-9711e0e60d3b7e70d3285b7969506d86

Word of the Day: brouhaha [broo-hah-hah ] hubub or uproar. A heated exchange. From French. “A brouhaha between the manager and the umpire became comical”

Quote of the Day: “Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn’t very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real” … Bob Keeshan aka Captain Kangaroo (Born this day in 1927)

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