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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

April 9, 2021 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday April 9th. Day 99 of 2021

It’s Unicorn Day. Bigfoot rides one

1682: Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana

1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War

1945: National Football League officials decreed that it was mandatory for football players to wear socks in all league games. Why would you decide to not wear them ?

1959: NASA announces the selection of the United States’ first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the “Mercury Seven”

1967: The first Boeing 737 makes its maiden flight

1991: Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union

2020: The Federal Government reported that 6.6 million Americans had sought unemployment benefits in the previous week due to the COVID-19 pandemic

In the News: First COVID associated death in over a month reported in Alexander County, 20 new cases counted on Thursday…Volunteers needed for Alexander Liter Sweep…More details about double-shooting north of Taylorsville…Woman jailed in Alexander County…Two shot in Hickory…

Weather: Some Sunshine, some clouds, maybe a shower today or tonight

Sports: AC JV Football wins 47th in a row…Cougars in must-win tonight against South Caldwell…LRU to play for SAC title Saturday…Rose blooms at the Masters…Canes move into first place…NASCAR runs at Martinsville Saturday night

Happy Birthday: Michael Learned, Peter Gammons, Dennis Quaid, Cynthia Nixon, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Leighton Meester, Kristen Stewart

Move to New York, get soaked. Sadly it will be all of us sooner than later https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-city-rich-face-52-percent-combined-top-income-tax-rate-highest-in-u-s/

A breakout in Germany ! https://apnews.com/article/2-dozen-monkeys-escape-german-zoo-for-a-day-0e3496aeb294ee68bfd8c4551b353d01

Rob Lowe going large in real estate https://nypost.com/2021/04/08/rob-lowe-just-dropped-47m-on-3-montecito-calif-mansions/

Quote of the Day: “Someone once asked, ‘What’s your best pickup line?’ I said, ‘My best pickup line is, Hi, my name is Hugh Hefner”… Hugh Hefner (Born this day in 1926)

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