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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

October 9, 2025 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, October 9th. Day 282 of 2025

Oh My ! It’s Beer and Pizza Day. Count me in

Happy Sneakers Day ! Don’t call them tennis shoes chances are, they’re not that at all

1635: Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, was banished from Massachusetts because he had spoken out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away land that belonged to Native Americans

1701: The Collegiate School of Connecticut was chartered in New Haven. The institution is known today as Yale University

1855: Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine motor

1919: The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The win would be later tainted when 8 Chicago White Sox were charged with throwing the series. The incident became known as the “Black Sox” scandal

1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt approves a program that would become the Manhattan Project. The project would develop the world’s first nuclear bombs

1965” “Yesterday” by The Beatles goes #1

1997: Dean Smith announces his retirement as UNC basketball coach

2006: North Korea conducts it’s first nuclear test
News: Taylorsville Town Council decides not to stagger elections…Caldwell Schools Superintendent moving to Winston-Salem…Hickory woman nabbed by Alexander County Deputies…Stony Point man busted…Hiddenite woman jailed for assault with a deadly weapon…Statesville man charged with passing funny money

Weather: Lower Temps, lower humidity and Tons of Sun

Sports: Cougar Soccer beats South Caldwell…JV Football at home this evening…Coach Marshall says Weston Palmer is a missile…East and West Football win on Wednesday…Eagles and Giants tonight…East Carolina in Prime Time this evening…Yankees season is over…Two MLB Playoff Games today…Canes open season tonight on home ice

Happy Birthday: Jackson Browne, Sharon Osbourne, Scott Bakula, Mike Singletary, Annika Sörenstam, Sean Lennon, George Kittle, Scotty McCreery

Darius Rucker is engaged https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/entertainment-celebrity/hootie-the-blowfish-frontman-darius-rucker-is-engaged-to-influencer-emily-deahl/ar-AA1O5RZm

Word of the Day: spawn [spawn] Zoology, the mass of eggs deposited by fishes, amphibians, mollusks, crustaceans, etc. Mycology.,  the mycelium of mushrooms, especially of the species grown for the market. To bring forth or generate. From Anglo-French meaning to spread or scatter. “Pacific salmon return to Alaskan streams to spawn.”

Quote of the Day: “God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he’s no longer God… They’ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.’…John Lennon (Born this day in 1940)

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