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Richard C Gilbert’s Monday Blog

May 2, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Monday, May 2nd. Day 122 of 2022

1885: “Good Housekeeping” magazine is 1st published

1887: Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film

1918: General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company

1945: The Soviet Union announces their troops have taken Berlin

1982: The Weather Channel begins broadcasting

1955: Pulitzer prize awarded to Tennessee Williams for “Cat on Hot Tin Roof”

1999: John Elway announces his retirement from the NFL

2011: Osama bin Laden is killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan

In the News: Man leaps off overpass in Taylorsville on Saturday…Drowning over the weekend in Iredell County…Early Voting for Primary continues…Alexander County Board of Commissioners meet this evening…Alexander County couple arrested on felony drug charges…Granit Falls woman busted for possession of fentanyl in Alexander County…Stony Point man charged with resisting arrest

Weather: Warm and muggy today. High near 85, maybe a shower

Sports: Cougar Baseball and Softball are top seeds heading into conference tournaments…ACHS Mens’s Golf host West 4A Regional on Tuesday…Give the Panthers a good grade in draft…Canes begin quest for Stanly Cup tonight…Rain halts NASCAR race on Sunday, they’ll try to finish today

Happy Birthday: Engelbert Humperdinck, Larry Gatlin, Lou Gramm, Christine Baranski, Dwayne Johnson, Kyle Busch, David Beckham, Paul George, Ellie Kemper

Stock Markets off to worst start to the year since WWII https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/markets-tank-over-new-questions-about-where-the-economy-is-heading/ar-AAWLm35

Over 50 mph on a skateboard ? https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/04/28/Guinness-World-Records-fastest-skateboard-team/4941651178142/

Quote of the Day: “A dead end street is a good place to turn around”…Naomi Judd

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