The Daily Dose/April 15, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow’s new globe is finally on display at The Shire. Today’s Diary.
My new globe – well, new to me, I bought it used off eBay – is finally on display in my office…Recall yesterday I reported Garrett had finished his repairs, but there was still some staining to be added…He did that yesterday and the finished product was waiting for me in the back office.
It’s quality work, way better than I could have done myself and regular readers of the crap know that goes without saying…Had I tried to do it myself it would still be a disaster in progress…It would still be sitting in the middle of the living room, disassembled with some parts scattered nearby, with my sole contribution still being staring crossly at it with my hands on my hips.
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On This Date
Great moments in us.
In 1865 – Andrew Johnson becomes president of the United States following the death of Abraham Lincoln, who had been shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. the night before. Johnson had also been scheduled to be assassinated, however, his assigned assailant, George Atzerodt, got drunk instead. Johnson’s tenure was tumultuous at a time even Lincoln would have found challenging and he would later be impeached by the House of Representatives and acquitted in a trial held by the Senate. He was not nominated for election.
In 1947 – Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers becomes the first black to appear in a major league game in the 20th century in a 5-3 victory over the Boston Braves at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Robinson grounded to third in his first at-bat and finished 0-for-3 with a run scored while making eleven putouts at first base. Robinsonson played ten years in the big leagues, retiring after the 1956 season with a .311 batting average. Robinson was the first black to appear in a major league game since brothers Fleetwood and Welday Walker played for Toledo in the then-major American Association in 1884.
In 1950 – If I Knew You Were Coming I’d’ve Baked a Cake by Eileen Barton with the New Yorkers is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – one of several predecessors to the Hot 100 – for the first of two consecutive weeks. It was the first chart single for Barton and remains her only #1 song. The song was also in its fourth of ten consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys chart. A version of the song by Georgia Gibbs also charted in 1950, peaking at #21.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
A cosmos without known cause or fate is an intellectual prison; we long to believe that the great drama has a just author and a noble end. – Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, Vol VI: The Reformation.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The NBA record for most blocked shots in a game is held by Elmore Leonard of the Los Angeles Lakers, who had 17 in an October 28, 1973 game against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
How many people were executed in the plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln? – Answer next time!
