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Richard C Gilbert’s Thursday Blog

September 15, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Thursday, September 15th. Day 258 of 2022

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It’s Grilled Cheese Day. If someone makes you a Grilled Cheese Sandwich, they love you !

1776: British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution

1883: The University of Texas at Austin opened

1916: During the Battle of the Somme, in France, tanks were first used in warfare when the British rolled them onto the battlefields

1928: Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin

1982: The first issue of “USA Today” was published

1994: The Major League Baseball season is cancelled for the first time in history

2008: Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history

In the News: Board of Education mulling Sugar Loaf Project again…Board of Elections begins voting equipment tests today…Taylorsville man jailed on felony drug charges…Wanted Alexander County man captured…Man arrested by Alexander Sheriff’s Office after photos released…Statesville man facing juvenile sex charges

Weather: Sunshine, High around 82

Sports: Lady Cougar Tennis gets win…AC Volleyball at home today, Men’s Soccer too…JV Football in town tonight…Coach Carter says we’re not winning at the line of scrimmage…Charges at KC tonight…Braves and Mets both loose…Judge goes long again…North Wilkesboro gets NASCAR Truck race

Happy Birthday: Gaylord Perry, Tommy Lee Jones, Oliver Stone, Pete Carroll, Dan Marino, Prince Harry, Danny Nucci, Heidi Montag

The Pandemic over ? I’m not betting on it https://news.yahoo.com/chief-says-end-sight-covid-132750612.html

The trash that is Hunter Biden https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/hunter-biden-trying-to-lower-child-support-for-4-year-old-love-child/

Little Tommy Brady Update https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/entertainment/tom-brady-gisele-bundchen/index.html

Quote of the Day: “Jogging is my idea of nothing to do”…Merlin Olsen (Born this day in 1940)

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