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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

June 17, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, June 17th. Day 168 of 2022

It’s National Eat Your Vegetables Day ! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/eat-your-vegetables-day/

Happy Flip Flop Day !

1775: The British take Bunker Hill outside Boston

1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor

1939: The last public guillotining took place in France. Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles

1972: Watergate is born. Five operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

1994: Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman

2015: Nine people are killed in a mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina

2021: Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Biden

In the News: County Commissioners set to approve budget at Monday meeting…Vashti Celebration a week from Saturday…Stony Point woman jailed…Taylorsville woman facing drug charges…Taylorsville Police still search for suspect vehicle involved in shooting incident last week

Weather: Another Hot one. Temps back off a bit for the weekend

Sports: Brzykcy mowing down batters at AA level…Warriors get 4th NBA title in 8 seasons…A Canadian leads US Open…Yankees go 31 games over .500…Phils stay hot…College World Series begins today

Happy Birthday: Newt Gingrich, Barry Manilow, Joe Piscopo, Greg Kinnear, Jason Patric, Will Forte, Venus Williams

Joe says no recession, that just about makes it a certainty https://apnews.com/article/biden-ap-interview-4d2c2f9015341f280d8078182601ec58

Florida man gets deal after asking cops to test his meth http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/meth-test-deal-610843

Happy Fathers Day !

Quote of the Day: “That money talks, I’ll not deny, I heard it once: It said, ‘Goodbye”…Richard Armour

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