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Richard C Gilbert’s Last Day Of June Blog

June 30, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, June 30th. Day 181 of 2022

Happy Handshake Day !

1859: French acrobat Charles Blondin is first to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope

1908: A giant fireball, most likely caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet flattens 80 million trees near the Stony Tunguska River in Russia

1934: Detroit radio executive George Richards pays less than $8,000 to buy the Portsmouth Spartans. He moves the team to Detroit and names the team, the Lions

1936: Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone With The Wind” is published

1953: The first Chevy Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan

1997: The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to China

2019: President Donald Trump becomes first sitting US president to set foot in North Korea in a meeting with Kim Jong Un

In the News: 12-year old shot overnight in Hickory, 16-year old said to be shooter…Taylorsville Town Council approves budget…Unemployment goes up in May for all area counties…Hickory man gets 19.5 year in Federal Prison…Man charged with attempted murder and arson in Caldwell County now in Taylorsville Jail…Alexander County man facing charges

Weather: Pretty typical stuff for last day of June. Let’s hope we get a Boomer

Sports: Cougar Football has 7 on 7 scrimmage today at West Iredell…Coach Carter talks about big changes in program…Braves stay hot…Yankees on rampage…MadBum takes another loss

Happy Birthday: Robert Ballard, David Alan Grier, Mike Tyson, Fantasia Barrino, Michael Phelps

It makes me sad https://apnews.com/article/journalism-united-states-39ef84c1131267233768bbb4dcaa181b

Another senseless TikTok challenge https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/06/29/Sanibel-Florida-beach-holes-TikTok/1081656532270/

Chris Deal

The funeral service for former Cougar Football Coach Chris Deal will be at 4pm on Sunday at St Mark’s United Methodist Church in Greenwood, SC.

Quote of the Day: “You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life”… Winston Churchill

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