The Daily Dose/August 18, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest on Monday night’s incident in the small town. Today’s Diary.
…it turned out to be a road rage incident with a shot fired and the dude ended up being hooked up on an attempted 2nd-degree homicide charge…This wasn’t in the paper, of course, the small town actually put something up on their Faceplant page, and it was a local kid taken into custody without trouble.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1940 – The British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the German Luftwaffe engage in an air battle in southern England that History refers to as the Hardest Day, part of the Battle of Britain. The battle was a German attempt to destroy the RAF Fighter Command to prepare for a land invasion and while Britain lost fewer men and airplanes than the Germans, the results of the battle are generally considered to be inconclusive. The Battle of Britain ended in October with a British victory.
In 1915 – Braves Field in Boston opens with the Boston Braves defeating the St Louis Cardinals 3-1. Through its closing in 1952, it hosted 2,814 Braves games, 65 Boston Red Sox games (figures that include World Series appearances for each team) and ten NFL games. The Braves had spent the previous two years playing at Fenway Park and before that assorted home fields since their founding as a National Association team in 1871. Today it is the site of Boston University’s football stadium, Nickerson Field.
In 1984 – Prince is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the second of 24 consecutive weeks with Purple Rain. It was the first of four #1 albums for Prince and the album produced five Top 40 hits including the #1s When Doves Cry and Let’s Go Crazy. The album went to #1 in three other countries and was Billboard’s second-biggest album of the year, its ninth-biggest of 1985 and its 55th-biggest of 2016. Purple Rain was also in its third of 19 consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
To be free, the slave must first refuse the master’s gruel.
Vin Suprynowicz
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Pete Rose is the only major league baseball player to play in at least 600 consecutive games twice: 678 games from 1973-78 and 745 games from 1978-83.
Today’s Stumper
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Who were the British and German commanders on the Hardest Day? – Answer next time!
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