The Daily Dose/February 28, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
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Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: It’s a slow, pleasant night at the hotel and Sparrow reveals he does not have a go-to dance step. Today’s Diary.
…There were idiots from stores all over the state and they started the day with the cheer and then we are all supposed to introduce ourselves with our name, town and go-to dance step…You’ve got to be kidding me…I don’t have a go-to dance step…Hell, I don’t have any kind of dance step, go-to or otherwise…I forget how I got out of this, tho…I think I may have gone to use the can.
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On This Date
In 1993 – Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raid the compound of the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. They were attempting to serve an arrest warrant on leader David Koresh, who was suspected of stockpiling weapons. They didn’t succeed. A gun battle ensued and that was followed by a 51-day standoff. The siege would end on April 19th in a government raid that killed 76 Branch Davidians.
In 1967 – Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers makes the last of an NBA record 35 consecutive field goals in a 127-107 win over the Cincinnati Royals – now the Sacramento Kings – in Syracuse, New York. Chamberlain had last missed a field goal in a February 17th game against Cincinnati. The record still stands.
In 1981 – Eddie Rabbitt is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with I Love a Rainy Night. It was Rabbitt’s fourth of eight Top 40 hits and his only #1. Earlier, the song had spent a week at #1 on Billboard’s country chart, Rabbit’s eighth of 17 #1 hits on that chart. Rabbitt died of cancer in 1998, a death that was kept secret until his burial and that surprised even his agent, who had no idea Rabbitt was sick.
Quotebook
When the time comes for truth to speak, it may choose an unfamiliar tongue; the task is to heed what is said.
Robertson Davies
The Lyre of Orpheus
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Marty Robbins only #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 was El Paso, which spent two weeks at the top in 1960 and was the first #1 single of that decade.
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