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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

October 5, 2023 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, October 5th. Day 278 of 2023

It’s National Poetry Day

Happy Do Something Nice Day ! Do it for someone you don’t even know

1905: The Wright brothers pilot an aircraft to a record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes

1921: The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. The series was between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees

1947: President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address

1968: Steppenwolf releases “Born to be Wild”

1989: PTL leader Jim Bakker was convicted of defrauding his viewers

1991: Soviet President Gorbachev announced that his country would cut its nuclear arsenal in response to the arms reduction that was initiated by U.S. President George Bush

2016: Steve Jobs, 56, the Apple founder, died in Palo Alto, California

2018: US unemployment figures hit lowest level since 1969, 3.7% according to Department of Labor

In the News: Wike has interim tag removed as Taylorsville Town Manager…Taylorsville Couple charged with child abuse…Hiddenite man jailed and released for third time in less than two weeks…Taylorsville woman arrested…Caldwell County woman charged with stabbing former foster mother…Newton man his a Lotto Jackpot

Weather: A few clouds today, High in mid 70’s

Sports: Lady Cougar Tennis wins…Carter says “I’m not sure how we won over Ashe County”…East Football still perfect… West wins too…Four sweeps in Baseball Post Season

Happy Birthday: Barry Switzer, Steve Miller, Brian Johnson, Karen Allen, Daniel Baldwin, Michael Andretti, Mario Lemieux, Patrick Roy, Rex Chapman, Grant Hill, Kate Winslet, Jesse Palmer

Joe decides (or told to decide) the Wall is not a bad idea https://apnews.com/article/border-wall-biden-immigration-texas-rio-grande-147d7ab497e6991e9ea929242f21ceb2

Would you return a lost wallet with $10,000 in it ? https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/10/04/Israel-Railway-lost-wallet-cash/7191696440361/

Word of the Day: aole [ ah-oh-ley ] negative, no, not all. Aole comes from the Hawaiian interjectionʿaʿole, which can mean “no, not, never; to be none, to have none.” Sentence: When asked if he’d ever been to Hilo, he responded sadly, “Aole, never.”

Quote of the Day: “When you’re green, your growing. When you’re ripe, you rot”…. Ray Kroc (Born this day in 1902)

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