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Richard C Gilbert’s Wednesday Blog

November 2, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Wednesday, November 2nd. Day 306 of 2022

It’s Stress Awareness Day. Really, is that a good thing ?

Today is Deviled Egg Day. I’ll pass

1889: North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states

1920:  KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station in America

1947: Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the “Spruce Goose”), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built

1948: 1948: Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.”

1956: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip

1983: President Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

1984:  Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. She was executed in Raleigh for the murder of her husband but confessed to a total of 6 homicides

2016: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years

In the News: Alexander County Schools get grant for additional officers on elementary campuses…Man dies in Boone crash…Newton man gets at least 66 years for statutory rape…Statesville man charged with statutory rape…Taylorsville man charged after he tried to tackle Deputy

Weather: Some clouds today but mild

Sports: Mason Chapman-Mays named Taylorsville Savings Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week…Tennessee is #1 in first College Football Playoff Poll…Panthers hold pat on trade-deadline day…Phils go yard and beat Houston

Happy Birthday: Ken Rosewall, Jay Black, Patrick Buchanan, Stefanie Powers, J. D. Souther, Maxine Nightingale, David Schwimmer, Nelly

Have you ever seen that movie “Julie and Julia” ? https://apnews.com/article/julie-powell-author-obituary-julia-child-cooking-cf30084955d01eaeb4c4bc79e3cee871?utm_source=Connatix&utm_medium=HomePage

Adele says we’ve been pronouncing her name wrong https://nypost.com/2022/11/01/adele-reveals-weve-been-pronouncing-her-name-all-wrong/

Joe called, I didn’t answer

Quote of the Day: ” Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues”… Napoleon Bonaparte

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