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Richard C Gilbert’s Labor Day Blog

September 4, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Monday, September 4th. Day 274 of 2023

Happy Labor Day ! I’m working so it must be Labor Day

1781: Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula,” which translates as “The Town of the Queen of Angels.”

1833: Barney Flaherty answered an ad in “The New York Sun” and became the first newsboy/paperboy at the age of 10

1886: Geronimo, and the Apache Indians he led, surrendered in Skeleton Canyon in Arizona

1957: The Arkansas National Guard was ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep nine black students from going into Little Rock’s Central High School

1967: “Gilligan’s Island” aired for the last time on CBS-TV

1972: Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals

1998: Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University

2002: The Oakland Athletics won their AL-record 20th straight game

In the News: Taylorsville man dies in mower accident on Friday…Alexander County Offices and Taylorsville Town Hall closed for holiday…Stony Point man jailed…Hiddenite man held in Catawba County…Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office searching for suspect…

Weather: Sunny and 90

Sports: Cougar Offense sputters again, this time it costs them in loss to North Iredell…Have the Tar Heels learned to tackle ?…Larson wins Sunday night in Darlington…Dodgers avoid 4-game sweep against Atlanta

Happy Birthday: Mitzi Gaynor, Vince Dooley, Ken Harrelson, Raymond Floyd, Tom Watson, Mike Piazza, Beyoncé

Family in Colorado trying to live off the grid finds the going tough https://news.yahoo.com/colorado-family-trying-live-off-143131755.html

Jimmy Buffett, you brought me a lot of pleasure https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/09/03/jimmy-buffett-cause-of-death-merkel-cell-skin-cancer/70757244007/

Word of the Day; illicit [ ih-lis-it ] Not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful. Disapproved of or not permitted for moral or ethical reasons

Quote of the Day: “Now you know the rest of the story” … Paul Harvey (Born this day in 1918)

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