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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

October 2, 2020 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, October 2nd. Day 276 of 2020

Happy World Smile Day. We all look better when smiling

It’s Name Your Car Day. Have you ever done that ?

1836: Charles Darwin returned to England after 5 years of acquiring knowledge around the world about fauna, flora, wildlife and geology. He used the information to develop his “theory of evolution”

1920: The Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates played the only triple-header in baseball history. The Reds won 2 of the 3 games

1950: “Peanuts,” the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers

1967: Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first Black member of the U.S. Supreme Court

1970: An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people

1980: Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War

In the News: Taylorsville Police arrest 4 in drug raid…Stolen equipment recovered in Hiddenite…Man known as “Train Wreck” arrested in Alexander County…Former Assistant District Attorney in Wilkes County has Law License suspended…MDI expanding in Hickory

Weather: An Epic October Weekend is in store

Sports: Tonight would have been the conference opener for Cougar Football…App has game postponed…Panthers getting healthier as they approach game against Arizona on Saturday…Baseball Playoffs continue…NASCAR runs really fast this weekend

Happy Birthday: Maury Wills, Rex Reed, Don McLean, Donna Karan, Annie Leibovitz, Mike Rutherford, Sting, Lorraine Bracco Dereck Whittenburg, Kelly Ripa, Ricky Stenhouse Jr

The first “Smoke Free” Casino in Las Vegas is open ! https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2020/09/30/first-smoke-free-casino-resort-now-open-las-vegas-strip/5876102002/

The Moonlight Confessions of Stevie Nicks https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-09-30/stevie-nicks-fleetwood-mac-solo-concert-film

Enjoy the weekend !

Quote of the Day: “Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time”… George S. Patton

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