The Daily Dose/January 18, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off remains in time-out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow meets another Sparrow. Today’s Diary.
He seemed to find this somewhat less moving than we did, but eventually we found out his ancestors came from Germany and seemed to have settled almost immediately in Indiana…The Sparrows came from England and settled in Baltimore before starting the trek west…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1967 – Albert DeSalvo is convicted of various crimes, including those attributed to the Boston Strangler, and is sentenced to life imprisonment. DeSalvo had been initially been arrested in connection with several rapes in the area and was not suspected in the murders until he confessed to them. There were inconsistencies in his confession, and no physical evidence was found, but DNA evidence would later link him to one Boston Strangler victim. DeSalvo was stabbed to death in prison in 1973.
In 1886 – Modern field hockey comes into existence with the creation of The Hockey Association in England, where the game had developed in schools earlier in the century. Field hockey first appeared in the Olympics at the 1908 London Games and continuously since the 1928 Amsterdam Games. India (8) has won the most men’s gold medals while the Netherlands (3) has won the most women’s gold medals. The US has won two bronze medals, the men in 1932 and the women in 1984, both in Los Angeles.
In 1969 – Marvin Gaye is at #1 on both Billboard’s Hot 100 and soul chart for the sixth of seven consecutive weeks with I Heard It Through the Grapevine. The song also went to #1 in Great Britain, and due to charting in both the 1968 and 1969 survey periods, it was Billboard’s 88th-biggest song of 1969. It was the first of three #1 pop hits for Gaye and his fifth of 13 #1 soul songs. In 1967, a version by Gladys Knight & the Pips went #2 pop and #1 soul.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…he reminded himself he was not noble. He did what he wanted to do and not more.
Gore Vidal
Washington, D.C.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The first women’s golf major championship was the 1930 Western Open, won by Lucia Mida of the US.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which nations won field hockey medals at the 1908 London Games? – Answer next time!
