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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

March 15, 2019 By Richard C. Gilbert

* * * * F R I D A Y * * * * M A R C H 15th * * * * D A Y 74 of 2019 * * * *

It’s Buzzards Day ! Move if they start to circle

44BC Julius Caesar is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March

1493 Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first trip to the Americas

1906 Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated

1965 President Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells Congress “We shall overcome” while advocating the Voting Rights Act

1990 The Ford Explorer was introduced

In the News: Parent company of Bethlehem Golf Course files for Bankruptcy…ROCKYFEST 2019 is set for April 13th…Taylorsville woman arrested this morning…Man charged with robbing Iredell hair salon…Lenoir man facing long list of felony drug and weapon charges…Two Caldwell County men nabbed for Chop-Shop activity

Weather: Rain today, Sunshine for the Weekend

Sports: Cougar Men’s Tennis gets win…Zion roars in return as Duke and Carolina get wins in ACC Tournament…State falls, are they in the dance?…Panthers make another roster move…Two was tie at Players Championship…NASCAR in California

Eva Longoria


Happy Birthday: Ruth Bader Ginsburg,Jimmy Swaggart, Mike Love, Bret Michaels, Mike Tomlin, Eva Longoria

The performance by Zion Williamson last night was nothing short of EPIC ! The Duke Freshman returned from injury and showed why he is a generational talent. Wow, he had a “S” on his chest

I found my sunglasses, they’ve been missing for a while but there was no need to search

Someone scribbled “Wash Me” on the back of my car. Please do !

Quote of the Day: “You are no bigger than the things that annoy you”…Jerry Bundsen

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