The Daily Dose/June 13, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off remains in timeout.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest MPG figures for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
Good gas mileage is key, now, because gas has inched above the $5/gallon mark here for the first time.
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1997 – Timothy McVeigh is sentenced to death for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing a federal building. McVeigh had been convicted ten days earlier and was executed on June 11, 2001. Accomplice Terry Nichols was convicted in both federal and state court and is currently serving multiple life sentences in federal prison. The bombing remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history.
In 1953 – Ben Hogan wins a record-tying fourth US Open title, shooting a final round 71 to finish five- under par and six strokes ahead of Sam Snead at the Oakmont Country Club near Pittsburgh. Hogan joined Willie Anderson and Bobby Jones as four-time winners, a club later joined by Jack Nicklaus and Hogan was the third golfer to produce a wire-to-wire win, a feat now accomplished eight times by seven golfers. Hogan earned $5,000 for the win, about $52,000 in today’s money.
In 1964 – Mary Wells is at #1 on the Cashbox R&B chart – one of several chroniclers of American charted music over the years – for the seventh and final consecutive week with My Guy. The song also went to #1 on the Cashbox Top 100 and the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard did not publish a soul chart from November 1963 through January 1965. It was the third and final soul #1 for Wells and remains her only pop #1 song. My Guy was written and produced by Smokey Robinson.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I was as much affected by the faint hum of the mosquito…as I could be by any trumpet that ever sang of fame.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Phoenix Suns have lost the most NBA Finals without winning the NBA title with three: 1976, 1993, and 2021.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the last amateur to win the US Open? – Answer next time!
