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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

July 29, 2025 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, July 29. Day 210 of 2025

It’s Lasagna Day ! A Major Favorite !

Happy Chicken Wing Day. I like them but not as much as Lasagna

1890: Vincent van Gogh dies two days after a self-inflicted gunshot wound

1921: Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party

1957: The Tonight Show premieres on NBC with Jack Paar as host

1957: The International Atomic Energy Commission is created

1958: NASA is born when President Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act

1981: A worldwide television audience of over 700 million watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London

2004: Lance Armstrong won his fourth straight Tour de France

2021: The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude
News: A pair of Taylorsville teens charged with armed robbery…Taylorsville man arrested on breaking and entering charges…Stony Point woman detained…Alexander County man facing felony charge in Iredell County…A case of TB suspected in Avery County

Weather: Sunny to start. High around 92. Boomer could arrive this afternoon./ Tampa had never hit 100 degrees until Sunday https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/meteorology/ar-AA1JnyO4

Sports: Cougar Football begins Mini-Camp on Monday…Panthers put on pads for first time and Dabo shows up…Some winning streaks end in Baseball…Braves actually win a game…Cub legend dies

Happy Birthday:  Elizabeth Dole, Neal Doughty, Ken Burns, Geddy Lee, Alexandra Paul, Martina McBride, Dak Prescott

Not all kisses are the same https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45843460

Word of the Day: pernicious [per-nish-uhs ] Deadly; destructive; exceedingly harmful. Pernicious comes from the Latin word perniciōsus, meaning “ruinous.” Sentence: The pernicious effects of smoking can lead to severe health problems, including lung cancer and heart disease.

Quote of the Day: “The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults”…Alexis de Tocqueville (Born this day in 1805)

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