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Richard C Gilbert’s Wednesday Blog

September 7, 2022 By Richard C. Gilbert

Wednesday, September 7th. Day 250 of 2022

It’s Buy a Book Day

Happy Salami Day

1813: The nickname “Uncle Sam” was first used as a symbolic reference to the United States. The reference appeared in an editorial in the New York’s Troy Post

1822: Brazil declared its independence from Portugal

1921: Margaret Gorman of Washington, DC, was crowned the first Miss America

1963: The National Professional Football Hall of Fame was dedicated in Canton, Ohio

1979: ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, made its debut on cable TV

1979: The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5 billion to avoid bankruptcy

1996: Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He would die six days later

2008: The United States government takes control of the two largest mortgage financing companies in the nation, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

In the News: Taylorsville woman busted on stolen vehicle charge…Alexander County woman facing felony charge…Taylorsville man jailed on felony drug charges…Iredell County teacher arrested in August facing more charges…Two bodies found near I-40 in Burke County

Weather: Another hot and humid day

Sports: Cougar men’s Soccer beat Bunker Hill…Lady Cougar golfers place 2nd in league match…The Taylorsville Savings Bank-B86 Cougar of the Week is Thomas Cline…Wake Forest gets good news about starting QB…Braves are tied with the Mets

Happy Birthday: Gloria Gaynor, Susan Blakely, Peggy Noonan, Chrissie Hynde, Corbin Bernsen, Evan Rachel Wood

New study says this is how to keep your Brain young https://studyfinds.org/exercise-protects-aging-synapses/

Timeout on the field for the Deer to exit https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/trio-deer-interrupt-high-school-153743239.html

Quote of the Day: “I think everyone should go to college and get a degree and then spend six months as a bartender and six months as a cabdriver. Then they would really be educated”…Al McGuire (Born this day in 1928)

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