The Daily Dose/June 11, 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 does the lawn. Today’s Diary.
We knocked off early from the VSO and we were feeling pretty good and, in the Upset of the Year, we could see no reason to put it off…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1963 – Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc sets himself on fire in Saigon – now Ho Chi Ming City – to protest religious repression in South Vietnam. Quang Duc had a led procession to an intersection near the Cambodian embassy, sat down, and was doused with gasoline by another monk. He then lit a match and burned to death. Quan Duc’s heart did not burn, either during the self-immolation or a following cremation, is considered holy, and is on display in a glass chalice in Ho Chi Minh City pagoda.
In 1938 – Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitches the first of two consecutive no-hitters in a 3-0 win over the Boston Bees in Cincinnati. Vander Meer walked three and struck out four in the game and on June 15th no-hit the Brooklyn Dodgers in the first night game played at Ebbets Field. Vander Meer had given up a hit in the last inning of his previous game and did not give up a hit until the fourth inning for his June 19th start against the Bees, and his streak of 22 consecutive hitless innings remains second behind Cy Young’s 25, done in 1904. The feat of consecutive no-hitters remains unmatched.
In 1988 – George Michael is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with One More Try. It was the seventh of 18 Top 40 and 16 Top 10 hits for Michael as a solo act and was his fifth of eight #1 songs. The song also went to #1 in Ireland and Canada, peaked at #8 in Great Britain, and would later spend a week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. Previously, Michael had hit #1 three times as a member of the group Wham!.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him.
David Halberstam
The New York Times
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The two men who served as presidents of the Second Continental Congress were Peyton Randolph and Samuel Huntington.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 songs did George Michael have as a solo act in Great Britain? – Answer next time!
