The Daily Dose/August 7, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will be running intermittently for the rest of the summer.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reflects on the bear spray assault he witnessed in the big city. Today’s Diary.
After the assault yours truly witnessed at the big city hotel Thursday evening that I couldn’t be bothered to stick around to give a statement on, you might be wondering exactly how bad a crime has to be before ol’ Sparrow will favor the authorities with his presence because plainly watching someone get sprayed with bear repellant isn’t sufficient.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1789 – The United States Department of War is organized by the First United States Congress, the third federal agency formed under the new Constitution after the State and Treasury departments. The War Department would oversee both the Army and Navy until the Navy Department was formed in 1798 and it was disbanded in 1947 when the military establishment was reorganized. Retired General Henry Knox served as the first secretary of war.
In 1903 – Tommy Corcoran of the Cincinnati Reds breaks the major league record for most assists by a shortstop in a 9-inning game in a 4-2 win over the St Louis Cardinals. Corcoran had 14 assists, tying the all-time mark established by Herman Long of the Boston Beaneaters in a 14-inning 1892 game and research into whose 9-inning record he broke was inconclusive. The record still stands and the extra-inning record is now 15 putouts.
In 1965 – Herman’s Hermits is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with I’m Henry the Eighth, I Am. The song also hit the Top 10 in Sweden, Canada and New Zealand and was not released in Great Britain. It was the sixth of 18 Top 40 hits for the group, their fifth of eleven Top 10 hits and their second and final #1 song. At 1 minute and 50 seconds long, it remains one of the shortest #1 songs in Hot 100 history.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.
John F. Kennedy
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The last Beatles album to hit #1 on the Billboard 200 was 1 – a collection of their #1 singles – which spent eight non-consecutive weeks at #1 in 2000-01 and was Billboard’s biggest album of 2001. The album is at 102 on the most recent Billboard 200, its 483rd week on the chart. Their Abbey Road album is on the chart, too, at #105.
Today’s Stumper
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What’s the shortest #1 song in Hot 100 history? – Answer next time!
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