The Daily Dose/April 16, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Leading Off is in time out. It will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow takes notes for a couple of county meetings. Today’s Diary.
Key to taking notes for proceedings like this is to make sure you are paying attention after somebody says “nothing to report” or “no update” because this is your cue they’re about to start yapping…
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On This Date
Great moments in us.
In 1945 – The Battle of Seelow Heights, one of the last engagements of the Battle of Berlin, begins. Fought between the Soviet Union Red Army and the German Army, it lasted three days and resulted in a decisive Soviet victory. The Red Army outnumbered the Germans 10-to-1 and would end up circling the German capital. It was the last major German defensive line and the war in Europe was over within two weeks.
In 1983 – The San Antonio Spurs establish a new NBA record for highest field goal percentage in a game in a 132-120 win over the Dallas Mavericks. The Spurs were 53-of-75 from the field, a .707 percentage that broke the record of .705% established by the Chicago Bulls on Dec 2, 1981. The Spurs finished first in the Midwest Division that season and lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in six games in the Western Conference Finals. Their record still stands.
In 1988 – Billy Ocean is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Get Outta My Dream, Get Into My Car. It was Ocean’s sixth of seven Top 10 hits and his third and final #1 song {Carribean Queen (No More Love on the Run), 1984; There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry), 1986}. The song went to #1 in seven other countries including Norway and South Africa, peaked at #3 in Great Britain and was also in its only week at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. Billy Ocean was born Leslie Sebastian Charles in 1950 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
You don’t run from your weaknesses, you attack them. – Major Keith Burkepile, United States Marine Corps
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
Four people – Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt – were executed on July 7, 1865, for their roles in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Who holds the NBA record for highest field goal percentage by a team for a season? – Answer next time!
