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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

May 27, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, May 27th. Day 147 of 2022

It’s Fish and Chips Day ! One of my favs

Happy Sunscreen Day ! Rub it in

It’s Bloomers Day. Amelia Jenks Bloomer was born on this day in 1818. She did not invent the garment your grandmother called Bloomers but she urged women to wear them

1933: The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon Three Little Pigs

1937: The Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic

1950: Frank Sinatra made his TV debut on NBC’s “Star-Spangled Review.”

1968: Major League Baseball announces that expansion franchises were granted to San Diego and Montreal

1969: Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida

1998: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the Oklahoma City Bombing attack

In the News: Alexander County escapes any major storm damage…Graduation Day at ACHS…COVID-19 takes uptick in area…Woman jailed in Alexander County…Beware, extra law enforcement on the roadways this weekend…County Offices and Taylorsville Town Hall to close Monday for holiday

Weather: Showers early, clearing begins this afternoon

Sports: Caldwell Community College Baseball plays in Division III World Series this weekend…Canes a win away from advancing after win Thursday evening…Warriors dispose of Mavs…Phils dump the Braves…Race weekend in Charlotte

Happy Birthday: Henry Kissinger, Lee Meriwether, Louis Gossett Jr, Peri Gilpin, Jeff Bagwell, Frank Thomas, Chris Colfer

The Cubans are coming https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-biggest-wave-of-cuban-migrants-arriving-in-us-since-1980-is-driving-policy-changes/ar-AAXKuhL?ocid=uxbndlbing

Ray Liotta has passed https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/26/entertainment/ray-liotta-dead/index.html

Lots of people on the move this weekend https://www.cbsnews.com/news/memorial-day-weekend-travel-surge-high-costs-gas-prices/

Quote of the Day: “Europe was created by history, America was created by philosophy”…Margaret Thatcher

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