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Richard C Gilbert’s Tuesday Blog

September 6, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Tuesday, September 6th. Day 249 of 2022

Today is Read a Book Day. It’s always Read a Book Day in my world

1620: The Pilgrims set sail from England to settle in the New World

1889: Carnation processed its first can of evaporated milk

1916: Said to be America’s first self-service grocery store, Piggly-Wiggley opened the first store in Memphis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly

1959: The first Barbie Doll was marketed

1975: Martina Navratilova requested political asylum while in New York for the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament

1991: The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg

1997: The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television

In the News: Stony Point Man charged With assault with a deadly weapon…Man Jailed after brief chase in Alexander County…Person of interest in Taylorsville shooting now in Avery County custody…Taylorsville Town Board meets today…Tractor Trailer rig collides with building south of Taylorsville

Weather: Partly Sunny, Warm with a high of 85. Maybe a shower this afternoon again

Sports: Brzykcy is 9 for 9…AC Soccer hosts Bunker Hill today…Cougar Offense needs to get mojo back…Clemson opens with Labor Day win…Panthers favored over Browns on Sunday…Judge goes deep again

Happy Birthday: David Alan Coe, Roger Waters, Swoosie Kurtz,Jane Curtin, Jeff Foxworthy, Elizabeth Vargas, Rosie Perez, Pippa Middleton

It’s been a crappy year for investors https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-stock-funds-down-17-3-in-2022-11662146408

Oh no, not again https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/05/china/china-covid-lockdown-74-cities-intl-hnk/index.html

It was so gloomy on Labor Day, I binge-watched the “Yellowstone” Marathon. I’d heard a lot about the show and now I’m impressed. It’s well done

Quote of the Day: “Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it”…Thomas Jefferson

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