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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

October 22, 2020 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, October 22nd. Day 296 of 2020, 70 Days Remain in the year

It’s Stuttering Awareness Day !

It’s Caps Lock Day. It’s dedicated to those who don’t know that it’s not cool to use it

1746: The College of New Jersey , now Princeton University receives its charter

1836: Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas

1883: The Metropolitan Opera House held its grand opening in New York City

1962: President Kennedy announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval “quarantine” of the island nation

1981: The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August

In the News: Bike rider struck by hit-and-run driver in Bethlehem…Over 1,000 vote on Wednesday in Alexander County…Two County Libraries closed due to COVI-19 exposure…WiFI hotspots added at three location in Taylorsville…Troutman man charged with home invasion…Hickory man facing drug counts

Weather: More Sunshine, high in upper 70’s

Sports: Rays pull even in World Series….App State finally plays a game tonight…Panthers add players to COVID list…Eric Jones to drive the legendary 43

Happy Birthday: Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Goldblum, Shelby Lynne, Ichiro Suzuki, Jennifer Lee

Debate #2 between the two Presidential candidates tonight. Only one microphone will be turned on at a time so they can’t interrupt each other. Joe’s been hitting the Prevagen pretty hard https://www.prevagen.com/

Latest on Bill Cosby in prison https://apnews.com/article/bill-cosby-new-mug-shot-e5d9059b3f87e2acdffab68c0677f192

It won’t be shown on broadcast TV this year but here’s how you can stream the Halloween Classic https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a34271069/charlie-brown-halloween-2020/

Listen to win family packs of tickets to the 17th Annual Antique Power Show ! http://foothillsantique.com/default.aspx

Quote of the Day: “It’s not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on”… Marilyn Monroe

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