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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday Blog

September 23, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

riday, September 23. Day 266 of 2022

It’s Hug a Vegetarian Day !

1780: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers He has papers exposing Benedict Arnold’s treason

1806: The Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark expedition, reached St. Louis and ended the trip to the Pacific Northwest

1930: Flashbulbs were patented by Johannes Ostermeier

1957: Nine black students withdrew from Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas due to the white mob outside

1962: The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City

1990: Ken Burns epic documentary “The Civil War” begins airing on PBS

1991: U.N. weapons inspectors find documents detailing Iraq’s secret nuclear weapons program

In the News: Woman killed in Conover fire…Two fatal motorcycle crashes on Thursday in Catawba County…400 acres to become state park in Caldwell County…Two meth arrests in Alexander County on Thursday…Taylorsville woman jailed…Catawba County man facing sex related charges in two counties…

Weather: A touch of Autumn in the Air. High today 75

Sports: Cougar Football idle tonight…Some great College Football games this weekend in North Carolina…Brown beat Steelers…Panthers host the Saints Sunday, is it a must win for Coach Matt Rhule ?….Braves shutout in Philly…Judge stuck on 60…USA leads the world at Presidents Cups in Charlotte

Happy Birthday: Julio Iglesias, Mary Kay Place, Bruce Springsteen, Larry Mize, Jason Alexander, Eric Montross

Hello recession https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/22/economy/conference-board-recession-signal/index.html

Execution halted in Alabama on Thursday https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-alabama-executions-d028c2d62f0e0fa919797030b06c30b0?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_08

Alex Baldwin’s Hampton estate in on the market https://radaronline.com/p/alec-baldwin-selling-hamptons-home-rust-shooting-charges/

I’m sure gonna miss having no Cougar Football game tonight but the team needs a break

Quote of the Day: “The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be”…Socrates

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