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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

October 2, 2025 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, October 2nd. Day 275 of 2025

It’s Custodian Day. We salute them, they’re vital and should be appreciated

Happy National Poetry Day !

1789: The United States Bill of Rights are sent to the States for ratification

1919: President Woodrow Wilson has a stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed

1950: “Peanuts,” the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, was published for the first time in seven newspapers

1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court

1970: An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people

1984: Papa John’s Pizza is founded by John Schnatter in Jeffersonville, Indiana

2002: The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people

2016: After 67 seasons at the microphone, Vin Scully calls his final Dodgers game
News: Claremont man remains in jail after wild, very high-speed chase that covered three counties Tuesday night…Bike rider struck and killed in Lincoln County….Statesville man charged with statutory rape in Wilkes County…Newton man charged with statutory sexual offense…Troutman woman jailed for harboring a fugitive

Weather: Perfect October Day

Sports: AC Soccer drops match to Watauga…JV Football tonight in town…Coach Marshall say the tough loss to S Iredell was like a Tsunami…49ers and Rams tonight…Dodgers end the Reds season…Other three series will be decided today…Snitker retires

Happy Birthday: Don McLean, Donna Karan, Annie Leibovitz, Mike Rutherford, Sting, Lorraine Bracco, Dereck Whittenburg, Kelly Ripa, Ricky Stenhouse Jr

Bear on Aisle 7 https://apnews.com/article/bear-walks-grocery-store-arizona-ac35a8f03b6289d2e82039b89a646e4c

Word of the Day: diss [diss] slang term meaning to treat with contempt. Word emerged from rap meaning to discredit someone. “ The review pulled no punches and gave a total diss to the album”

Quote of the Day: “There is more to life than increasing its speed”… Mahatma Gandhi (Born this day in 1869)

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