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Richard C Gilbert’s Friday The 13th Blog

June 13, 2025 By Richard C. Gilbert

It’s Friday the 13th. I haven’t seen a black cat yet

Today is World Softball Day. I love watching the Lady Cougars play.

It’s Weed Your Garden Day, Blame Someone Else Day and National Movie Night

1774: Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves

1888: Congress creates the Department of Labor

1920: The United State Postal Services declares children cannot be sent by parcel post. Yes, it had been tried a few times

1942: Germany launches the first V2 Rocket

1966: The landmark Miranda decision is issued by the Supreme Court. Criminal suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights before being questioned by police

1971: The New York Times begins publishing excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, classified documents on the long history of the U.S. in Vietnam

1994: A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15 billion in damages

1997: Jurors in Oklahoma City bombing trial sentence Timothy McVeigh to death

2005: The jury acquits pop singer Michael Jackson of his charges for allegedly sexually molesting a child
In the News: Lenoir man charged with human trafficking…A sixth man charged with attempted murder in Catawba County mass shooting…Taylorsville man facing charges again…Woman arrested in Alexander County after allegedly assaulting a Deputy…Man shot in Burke County…Alexander County Board of Education has scheduled a work session and a regular meeting on Monday

Weather: Hot, Humid and Stormy

Sports: US Open proving that even the best players in the world can look silly at times…Oilers storm back to win Game IV…College World Series begins today in Omaha…Brzykcy pitches another scoreless inning…Panthers break mandatory mini-camp

Happy Birthday: Richard Thomas, Tim Allen, Roy Cooper, Ally Sheedy, Hannah Storm, Chris Evans, Ashley Olsen, Mary-Kate Olsen

Egg prices dropping but bacon is getting more expensive https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/rcna212174

Shark attack, from the sky ? https://www.yahoo.com/news/disc-golfers-game-interrupted-shark-040914741.html

Word of the Day: verve [vurv] enthusiasm or vigor. a vibe, vivaciousness; liveliness; animation. “The crowd lacked their usual verve.

Quote of the Day: “I’m Liberace without a piano”… Paul Lynde (Born this day in 1926)

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