Richard C Gilbert’s Wednesday Blog. Day 33 of 2022
Happy Groundhog Day ! I don’t care about his or her shadow, just bring on Spring
It’s Pay Your Ukulele Day. Strum while waiting for the Groundhog to spring from their burrow
1848: The Mexican War was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty turned over portions of land to the U.S., including Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, California and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. Texas had entered in 1845.
1863: Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a pseudonym Mark Twain for the first time
1887: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed
1943: The Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end when Soviet troops accept the surrender of the last German troops in the city. More than 2 million people were killed. The city is now called Volgograd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad
1963: 1963: Pebbles is born to Fred and Wilma Flinstone in the city of Bedrock
2004: Swiss tennis player Roger Federer becomes the No. 1 ranked men’s singles player, a position he will hold for a record 237 weeks
In the News: Two more COVID deaths counted Tuesday in Alexander County…County Schools announce dates for Kindergarten screenings…Hiddenite man charge with violation of sex-offender status…Wilkes County man pleads guilty to manslaughter…
Weather: Clouds increase, Rain begins tonight. We might get pretty wet the few couple days
Sports: Cougar Women get big win, Men too…Heels survive overtime…NFL facing lawsuit…The Denver Broncos are for sale
Happy Birthday: Tom Smothers, Bo Hopkins, Graham Nash, Christie Brinkley, Kim Zimmer, Shakira
Is there anyone that actually likes Whoopie Goldberg ? https://apnews.com/article/whoopi-goldberg-apology-the-holocaust-jonathan-greenblatt-4a4c77055d7bb1c37662fc9b274a8869
Assault with a Noodle ? http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/ramen-battery-arrest-287530
Quote of the Day: “The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think”… Farrah Fawcett (Born this day in 1947)