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Richard C Gilbert’s Monday Blog

June 12, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Monday, June 12th. Day 163 of 2023

Stop and Smell one. It’s Red Rose Day !

1839: According to legend, Abner Doubleday created the rules of Baseball on this day

1901: Cuba agreed to become an American protectorate

1935: Senator Huey Long of Louisiana made the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15 1/2 hours with 150,000 words

1939: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated in Cooperstown, New York

1987: President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IguMXrgfrg8

1991: The Chicago Bulls won their first NBA championship beating Los Angeles 4 games to 1

2009: The switch from analog TV to digital was completed

2018: President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un of North Korea held the first meeting between leaders of their two countries in Singapore

In the News: Two fatal crashes in area over the weekend…Taylorsville man arrested in possession of grenade…Alexander County man sent to jail for 180 days…Taylorsville woman facing drug charge…Hickory Police list man as missing

Weather: Clouds and showers early, Sunshine by noon

Sports: Wake Forest advances to College World Series…NBA season could end tonight…A Canadian win the Canadian Open…Truex win on California Road Course

Happy Birthday: Junior Brown, Timothy Busfield, Meredith Brooks, Ryan Klesko, Hideki Matsui, Antwan Jamison, Blake Ross

The Unabomber died over the weekend in North Carolina https://apnews.com/article/ted-kaczynski-unabomber-1197f597364b36e56bdbcaca9837bdc4

Tom Brady’s arm still pretty accurate https://nypost.com/2023/06/11/tom-brady-jokes-about-ending-nfl-retirement-while-nailing-a-drone/

Word of the Day: propagate [ prop-uh-geyt ] to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.To reproduce (itself, its kind, etc.), as an organism does. To transmit (hereditary features or elements) to, or through, offspring.

Verb
to multiply by any process of natural reproduction, as organisms; breed.
to increase in extent, as a structural flaw:

Quote of the Day: “Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They’ll tell you”…George H. W. Bush (Born this day in 1924)

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