The Daily Dose/July 7, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off remains MIA.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow does very little on his day off. Today’s Diary.
My commitment to a Sparrow Day was so total that we couldn’t even be bothered to drive to the next county despite the fact we needed to both eat lunch and buy things at the retailer and we left the house only twice, once to go to the convenience store for a couple of breakfast sandwiches and later to go to the post office and to the town hall to pay the utility bill.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1775 – The Second Continental Congress signs and sends to King George III of England a petition to resolve their differences and avoid further war. The petition was primarily written by John Dickinson of Philadelphia and called for, among other things, more equitable trade and tax regulations. The petition reached George in September, by which time he had already declared the colonies to be in rebellion, and he declined to read it. The petition is known to History as the Olive Branch Petition.
In 2007 – Roger Federer of Switzerland becomes the second man in the Open Era to win five consecutive Wimbledon titles, defeating Rafael Nadal of Spain 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-2. Federer tied the record established by Bjorn Borg of Sweden from 1976-80 and it was his fifth of a men’s record eight Wimbledon singles titles. It was the second of three consecutive years Federer and Nadal would meet in the finals, with Nadal winning the following year. The record for most consecutive Wimbledon singles titles by a man is six, by William Renshaw of Great Britain, from 1881-86.
In 1978 – Gerry Rafferty is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the only week with City to City. It was the first of three chart albums for Rafferty as a solo act – he had previously charted with Stealers Wheels – and remains his only appearance at #1 on a major Billboard chart. The album produced three chart singles, including Baker Street which peaked at #2 on the Hot 100, and the album also peaked at #6 in Great Britain. Rafferty died in 2011.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Our life is frittered away by detail.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The first two songs to spend more than ten weeks at #1 on the Hot 100 were End of the Road by Boyz II Men (13 weeks), and I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston (14 weeks), both in 1992.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Besides John Dickinson, who were the members of the drafting committee of the Olive Branch Petition? – Answer next time!
