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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

November 17, 2020 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, November 17th. Day 322 of 2020

Happy Take a Hike Day ! I like to do it, gotta find some time to do it more often

It’s also Entrepreneurs’ Day https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/entrepreneurs-day/

1800: Congress holds its first session in Washington, D.C.

1858: The city of Denver, Colorado is founded

1869: The Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, opens

1973: President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors “I am not a crook.”

1993: The United States House of Representatives passes a resolution to establish (NAFTA) the North American Free Trade Agreement

2019: The first known case of COVID-19 is traced to a 55-year-old man who had visited a market in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

In the News: Names of Flood victims released…Taylorsville man wins $1 million in Lottery…Taylorsville man charged with child-sex crimes…Hiddenite man jailed on multiple charges…Taylorsville Police nab a pair on breaking and entering charges

Weather: Clear skies, Windy, with lots of Sunshine. High in mid 50’s. Pretty chilly tonight, low in mid 30’s

Sports: Teddy Bridgewater is questionable for Panthers after knee injury…Drew Brees is out for a while with rib injuries, Saints likely to turn to Jemis Winston…App State QB is a question mark for showdown with Coastal Carolina

Happy Birthday: Gordon Lightfoot, Martin Scorsese, Danny DeVito, Lauren Hutton, Jim Boeheim, Lorne Michaels, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, RuPaul, Daisy Fuentes, Rachel McAdams

At what age does a person start to feel old ? https://www.studyfinds.org/average-person-feels-old-at-47/

Don’t forget to get your ticket for the Alexander Central High School Athletic Boosters Drawdown Dinner. Lots of prizes including the $5,000 Grand Prize. You get two steak dinners in addition to a shot at being a big winner

Quote of the Day: “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets”… Yogi Berra

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