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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

March 24, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, March 24th. Day 83 of 2022

Today is Chocolate Covered Raisin Day ! How can you not love them ?

1765: Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Colonies to house British troops. It rankled us on this side of the pond

1837: Canada gives Black Citizens the right to vote

1883: The first telephone call between New York and Chicago took place. $5 says, somebody asked, “How’s the weather there?”

1920: The first US Coast Guard air station is established in Morehead City, NC

1942: The US government begins moving native-born citizens with Japanese ancestry into detention centers under Executive Order 9066, with intention of preventing home-grown espionage

1958: Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army

1989: Exxon tanker Valdez spills 10.8 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, Alaska

2020: The government of India orders a 21 day lockdown for world’s second most populous country of 1.3 billion people to deal with COVID-19

In the News: No damage after some storm storm activity overnight…23 new COVID-19 cases in Alexander County is last 14 days…Catawba County man indicted for fraud and Bank Robbery…Statesville man jailed in Alexander County…Woman placed in Alexander County Jail…Granite Falls man charged with trafficking heroin

Weather: Partly Sunny and Breezy. High around 70 this afternoon

Sports: Cougar Baseball, Women’s Soccer and Men’s Tennis in action today…Duke plays in Sweet 16 this evening…Wake knocked out of NIT…UNC Wilmington wins CBI Tournament…Panthers reworking some deals to fee cap space…Chiefs trade Hill to Miami

Happy Birthday: Bob Mackie, Nick Lowe, Tommy Hilfiger, Steve Ballmer, Kelly Le Brock, Annabella Sciorra, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jim Parsons, Alyson Hannigan, Peyton Manning

Hank Jr’s wife passes https://nypost.com/2022/03/24/hank-williams-jrs-wife-mary-jane-thomas-dead/

For once, a sharpshooter saves a Deer https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/03/23/Pennsylvania-game-warden-frees-deer-shoots-off-antler/9691648054708/

I slept right through the tornado watch last night

Quote of the Day: “What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes”…Harry Houdini (Born this day in 1874)

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