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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

October 6, 2020 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, October 6th. Day 280 of 2020

It’s P.A. Day. No, not the abbreviation for Pennsylvania. It’s Physician Assistant Day !

Happy Mad Hatter Day ! Put on a funny lid

1880: The Cincinnati Reds were temporarily kicked out of the National League for selling beer at their games. Good Grief, you gotta have a cold one at the game !

1927: The first prominent “talkie” movie “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson opened in New York City

1973: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in what would be called the Yom Kippur War

1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Arab extremists

2010: Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application goes online

In the News: Alexander County COVID-19 update…Taylorsville Town Board meets today…Man captured after escaping Catawba County prison…Wilkes man facing weapons charge in Alexander County…Taylorsville Police arrest man for series of crimes…Hickory man jailed by Alexander Sheriff’s Office

Weather: Plenty of Sunshine, we’ll top out around 75

Sports: Yanks and Astros get wins in Baseball playoffs…Braves get into the act today…Chiefs and Packers win in Monday night doubleheader…Panthers have shown they’re not tanking…Houston fires coach

Happy Birthday: Britt Ekland, Kevin Cronin, Tony Dungy, Elisabeth Shue, Rebecca Lobo

The World Health Organization says 1 out of every 10 of us might have COVID-19 https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-archive-united-nations-54a3a5869c9ae4ee623497691e796083

Look at the sky tonight, Mars will be visable https://blog.css-engineering.com/en/mars-will-be-visible-tonight-and-heres-how-to-see-it/

Quote of the Day: “We build too many walls and not enough bridges’… Isaac Newton

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