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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

September 2, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Friday, September 2. Day 245 of 2022

It’s VJ Day. WWII ends when Japan signs the document of surrender

It’s Lazy Mom’s Day. Let her have a day to re-charge

1666: The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings

1864: United States forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city

1901: Then Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, “Speak softly and carry a big stick” in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair

1935: The most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1935_Labor_Day_hurricane

1945: Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam

1963: The CBS Evening News becomes the first network television half-hour weeknight news broadcast

1992: The U.S. and Russia agreed to a joint venture to build a space station

2008: Google launches its Google Chrome web browser

In the News: Alexander County Schools score high on some test results…Correctional Officer at Alexander Prison arrested for providing drugs to inmates…Catawba County confirms case of Monkeypox…Statesville woman charged with theft of two truck…Lenoir man busted for trafficking heroin…County and City offices will be closed Monday

Weather: Plenty of Sunshine today

Sports: Cougars have big opportunity to turn some heads tonight AC Reynolds…JV Football wins in Asheville Thursday night…Wake opens season with win…Big anticipation for NC Stare at East Carolina and UNC at App on Saturday…Strider dominates in Braves win…NASCAR begins playoffs Sunday night at Darlinton

Happy Birthday: D. Wayne Lukas, Peter Ueberroth, Terry Bradshaw, Mark Harmon, Jimmy Connors, Eric Dickerson, Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek

You wanna watch a ship sink ? https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/08/23/superyacht-sinks-italy-catanzaro-lon-orig-tp.cnn

Be smart. Put some fresh batteries in the TV remote today because they’re so many great college football games Saturday, you don’t want a malfunction

Quote of the Day: “I was the kid next door’s imaginary friend”…Emo Philips

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