Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

Thursday, November 12th. Day 317 of 2020

1892: Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player when he accepts “Pay for Play” from the Allegheny Athletic Association

1920: Judge Keneshaw Mountain Landis was elected the first Commissioner of Baseball

1927: Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union

1946: The first drive-thru banking service began in Chicago

1997: Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing

2010: Hickory Police confirm that DNA sample found in body parts are that of missing girl Zahara Baker. The story attracted media attention from around the world. Every time I see this photo, it breaks my spirit to know how she suffered

In the News: Heavy rain making travel difficult this morning…Fire reported overnight in Ellendale Community…Some scattered power outages reported this morning…School Board approves a schedule change…Taylorsville teen placed in jail

Weather: FLASH FLOOD WARNING

Sports: Masters begins today…McCaffery will miss Sundays game against Little Tommy Brady and the Bucs… Colts at Titans tonight…Bieber win AL Cy Young, Bauer wins in NL…

Happy Birthday: Al Michaels, Neil Young, Megan Mullally, Nadia Comăneci, Sammy Sosa, Tonya Harding, Cote de Pablo, Anne Hathaway, Jason Day

Quote of the Day: “No sense makes sense”… Charles Manson (Born this day in 1934)

A record is a record, I guess https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kate-winslet-tom-cruise-holding-breath-underwater-scene-avatar-2

What a morning !

Zahra Baker Photo courtesy of Hickory Police Department