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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

November 29, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, November 29th. Day 333 of 2022

It’s Throw Out the Leftovers Day. They should be gone by now, right ?

Happy Square Dancing Day!

1864: The Sand Creek Massacre occurred in Colorado when a militia led by Colonel John Chivington, killed at least 400 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who had surrendered and had been given permission to camp

1877: Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time

1890: Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game

1947: The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution that called for the division of Palestine between Arabs and Jews

1963: President Johnson named a commission headed by Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy

1963: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” is released by the Beatles

1975: Bill Gates adopted the name Microsoft for the company he and Paul Allen had formed

In the News: Woman charged with murder of child in Catawba County makes court appearance…Morganton man charged with making bomb threat…Hudson woman being held without bond in Alexander County…Claremont Couple charged by Taylorsville Police…Stony Point man arrested…Judge orders Taylorsville man to jail

Weather: Sunshine for most of the day, rain coming Wednesday morning

Sports: Cougar Basketball at North Gaston tonight…AC Wrestling hosts Lake Norman and Wilkes Central this evening…Tar heels take a big tumble in Hoop Poll…ACC-Big 10 Challenge begins…Hornets get hammered…Steelers beat the Colts…Mat Rhule introduced at Nebraska…Do or Die for US Soccer team today vrs Iran

Happy Birthday: Jeff Fahey, Howie Mandel, Cathy Moriarty, Andrew McCarthy, Mariano Rivera, Don Cheadle, Lucas Black,Russell Wilson

The world’s largest active volcano is spewing again https://apnews.com/article/hawaii-volcano-mauna-loa-erupting-live-updates-7cbdb4d597468702210bc31ef8e0a58c

Apparently Kate Gosselin is living in North Carolina https://nypost.com/2022/11/28/kate-gosselin-happy-in-new-downsized-north-carolina-life/

Perfect day to take a brisk walk ! Honk if you see me

Quote of the Day: “Statistics are used much like a drunk uses a lamppost: for support, not illumination”… Vin Scully (Born this day in 1927)

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