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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

October 23, 2020 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, October 23rd. Day 297 of 2020

1915: Approximately 25,000 women demanded the right to vote with a march in New York City

1973: President Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations

1993: Joe Carter of the Toronto Blue Jays became only the second player to end the World Series with a homerun

2001: NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft began orbiting Mars. In 2010, it became the longest-operating spacecraft ever sent to Mars

2001: Apple introduces the first iPod

In the News: Over 10,000 Alexander County citizens have already cast a ballot…COVID-19 has 152 people quarantined and 13 county residents in the hospital…Hiddenite woman placed in custody…Hickory man charged with shooting his girlfriend…Man charged with burglary of a neighbor…Highway Patrol still searching for hit-and-run driver after bike rider was struck Wednesday in Bethlehem

Weather: Warm today, high around 77. Clouds build, maybe a shower on Saturday

Sports: Cougar Football would have played at St Stephens tonight…App get back on the field and back in the win column…Heels host the Pack on Saturday…Eagles move into first in NFL “Least”…Panthers travel to New Orleans…World Series game III tonight…NASCAAR in Texas

Happy Birthday: Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Pelé, Dwight Yoakam, Nancy Grace, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Doug Flutie, Meghan McCain

The “Eyes of Texas” might be a closing act https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/conflict-raging-eyes-texas-school-song-73782006?cid=clicksource_4380645_4_heads_hero_live_headlines_hed

Sorry Virginia, there is no Santa Claus https://www.wxii12.com/article/santa-wont-be-at-macys-for-the-first-time-in-159-years/34456003

Win tickets to the 17th Annual Antique Power Show on the Radio this morning ! www.foothillsantique.com

Quote of the Day: “Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place”… Johnny Carson (Born this day in 1925)

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