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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

September 14, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, September 14th. Day 257 of 2023

Happy Eat A Hoagie Day and Cream Filled Donut Day

1814: The poem Defense of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner

1901: President William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt

1959: The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon

1972: The Waltons premiered on CBS

1984: Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean

1994: The Major League Baseball season was canceled because of a strike

2001: The FBI releases the names of 19 suspected hijackers that has taken part in the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States

2020: Israel becomes the First country to announce a second national lockdown due to COVID-19

In the News: Voter Id required for Town of Taylorsville election…Taylorsville Town Board has work session this morning…Stony Point man facing charges in Iredell County…Taylorsville woman arrested on felony drug charge…Taylorsville man sent to jail for contempt of court

Weather: Sunshine mixed with a few clouds. High near 80

Sports: AC Soccer battles South Iredell to scoreless draw…Big Win for East Falcon Football…JV Football tonight at home vrs Sun Valley…Coach Carter says the team just needs to get healthier…Panthers have serious injury woes…Braves win Division…Crawdads face elimination tonight

Happy Birthday; Walter Koenig, Larry Brown, Joey Heatherton, Jon “Bowser” Bauman, Sam Neill, Faith Ford, Tony Finau

He was the World’s Tallest Dog https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/world-tallest-dog-zeus-great-144501094.html

Man completes swimming the Hudson River https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lewis-pugh-swims-hudson-river/

Word of the Day: plat [ plat ] A plot of land. A plan or map, as of pertaining to land.

Quote of the Day: “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows”…Sydney J. Harris (Born this day in 1917)

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