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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

November 20, 2018 By Richard C. Gilbert

* * * * T U E S D A Y * * * * N O V E M B E R 20th * * * * D A Y 324 of 2018 * * * *

It Entrepreneurs’ Day ! Come up with something new, think outside the box

New Jersey

New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights in 1789

Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals begin in Nuremberg Germany in 1945

1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis ends. The Soviet Union begins removing missiles from Cuba and the blockade is halted by President Kennedy

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released in 1985. What year did you get your fist computer ?

The Senate ratifies the Brady Bill in 1993: The bill requires federal background checks on firearm purchasers

In the News: Investigation continues into threat to County Schools… Chase ends with crash in Morganton…Hickory man charged with larceny by employee…More drug arrestes

Weather: Sunshine, not as warm

Sports: Eleder signs with Western Carolina, Castellaw inks to run at UNC Charlotte…5 inducted into Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame…Duke and Carolina get hoop wins…Hornets win…Rams outlast KC in a thriller

Joe Walsh

Happy Brithday: Dick Smothers, Joe Biden, Norman Greenbaum, Judy Woodruff, Joe Walsh, Bo Derek, Dierks Bentley, Josh Turner

Special night, five inducted into the Alexander County Sports Hall of Fame on Monday. Efird Gwaltney, Jeff Isenhour, Jim St Clair, Richard White, and Ronnie Williams will be enshrined forever

If your travelling to the Northeast this week, it looks like the coldest Thanksgiving temperatures on record !

I don’t know why but the answer is yes

Quote of the Day: “To get back on your feet, miss two car payments” Unkown

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