The Daily Dose/June 7, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off remains in time-out. It will return, though we are not sure when.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow reports there is more morning coffee service nonsense at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
…the latest box of French vanilla creamer we opened this morning – with the knife, of course – was not our usual brand, it was the B brand (thank God it wasn’t the C brand) and a quick check of the storage rack showed there were a couple of other B brands lying in wait to be foisted on the public.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1776 – Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution in the Second Continental Congress declaring the 13 American colonies “are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States”, known to History as the Lee Resolution. The United States would declare its independence from Great Britain on July 2 when Congress passed the resolution, with the Declaration of Independence being approved two days later.
In 1981 – Bjorn Borg of Sweden wins the French Open, defeating Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. It was the sixth French Open title for Borg and his eleventh and final Grand Slam title. Borg’s other five Grand Slam titles came at Wimbledon, which he won from 1976-80. Borg also lost in four US Open championship matches and Lendl would go on to win the French Open in 1984, 1986, and 1987.
In 1941 – Jimmy Dorsey is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Selling Singles chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100 – for the only week with My Sister and I. It was the third of seven #1 songs for Dorsey on this chart and the first of two times Dorsey replaced himself at #1. My Sister and I replaced Amapola at #1 and was replaced by Maria Elena the following week, the first time an act had replaced themself twice at the top of a Billboard chart. The mark would be topped later in the year by Glenn Miller, who replaced himself at #1 three times.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
But men labor under a mistake…It is a fool’s life, as they will find when they get to the end of it.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The major league record for most home runs in a game by a team is 10, by the Toronto Blue Jays on Sept 14, 1987.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds Billboard’s Hot 100 (established in 1958) record for times replacing themselves at #1? – Answer next time!
