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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

August 31, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, August 31st. Day 243 of 2023

It’s Overdose Awareness Day ! We have a lot more around here than you might think

Happy Trail Mix Day !

1886: Charleston, South Carolina is shaken by devastating earthquake. 60 people are killed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake

1888: The first of Jack the Ripper’s victims, Mary Ann Nichols is murdered in London

1895: German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon

1897: Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector

1920: The first news program to be broadcast on radio was aired in Detroit

1994: A cease-fire was declared by the Irish Republican Army after 25 years of bloodshed in Northern Ireland

Princess Diana

1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris

In the News: Taylorsville killed in Wednesday morning accident, 4th fatality in county since Saturday night…New traffic pattern begins this morning at West Alexander Middle School…Taylorsville man nabbed on Wednesday…Three Catawba County residents arrested by Taylorsville Police

Weather: Wow, it sounds great. Sunny and 80

Sports: AC Women’s Tennis and Volley suffer losses on Wednesday…JV Football tonight on the road…Cougar Varsity working on better pad level…Some College Football tonight, NC State and Wake Forest open their seasons…Panthers cut a QB…Braves and Dodgers get wins and begin a series tonight in La La Land

Happy Birthday: Daniel Schoor, Van Morrison, Itzhak Perlman, Tom Coughlin, Richard Gere, Edwin Moses, Debbie Gibson, Chris Tucker, Larry Fitzgerald

A Monster Water Lizard https://apnews.com/article/mississippi-alligator-state-record-b5af597aab23f7b7c6233b0fcb5a5696

No, the Redskins are not returning https://www.foxnews.com/sports/commanders-president-team-not-considering-changing-name-back-redskins

Alexander Central Director of Athletics Nathan Robinson visits the studio this morning at 7:45 !

Word of the Day: seersucker [seer-suhk-er ] A fabric that’s traditionally a striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving. Seersucker was originally used in workwear but became fashionable for men’s suits in the southern United States around the turn of the 20th century.

Quote of the Day: “I have great expectations for the future, because the past was highly overrated”…Sylvester Stallone

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