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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

April 10, 2025 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, April 10th. Day 100 of 2025

It’s Golfers Day and Day One of The Masters

Happy Work From Home Day ! It where it happens for me

1790: The U.S. Patent System was established when President George Washington signed the Patent Act into law

1849: Walter Hunt patented the safety pin. He sold the rights for $100

1912: The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England

1925: F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby”

1961: Gary Player of South Africa became the first foreign golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament

1970: Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles

2012: Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world

2018: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins testifying before US Congress about data use and security. Pretty much every word he said was false, misleading or not completely forthcoming
In the News: Is Todd Herms still the Alexander County Manager, nobody is willing to go on the record…Hickory man stabbed to death….Registered Sex-Offender from Taylorsville back in custody…Stony Point Man sent to prison…Stony Point woman ordered to jail by court order…Hiddenite man gets jail time

Weather: Clouds and Showers today

Sports: AC Softball wins in dramatic fashion…Former Alexander Central assistant basketball coach steps down as coach a Lake Norman. Is he headed back to ACHS ?…Braves can’t make it two-in-a-row…Canes need a win tonight in DC…The Masters begins today. I’ll take Rory to win

Happy Birthday: Steven Seagal, Juan Williams, Mel Blount, Babyface, Steve Bisciotti, Mandy Moore, Haley Joel Osment

Thanks Sis https://www.yahoo.com/news/born-sister-womb-uk-first-125445988.html

Word of the Day: younker [ yuhng-ker ] A youngster , a child. From Dutch and German meaning young. “Often I try to think back on may days as a younker”

Quote of the Day: “If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn’t what you watch on TV.”… Val Kilmer

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