The Daily Dose/April 18, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Leading Off is taking some PTO.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow again provides secretarial services at the VSO. Today’s Diary.
I took notes at the 0830 Emergency Ops meeting and Economic Recovery was the only department who meant “no update” when they said “no update”…Everyone else, they’d say “no update” and then prattle on about whatever nonsense happened to be occupying them today, “no update” really code for “stand by for an update”.
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On This Date
Great moments in us.
In 1775 – Paul Revere and others, acting on information the British were on their way from Boston, make late-night rides to towns west of Boston to warn of their impending arrival, often referred to by History as the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere despite the fact others rode and it happened about 10pm. The American Revolution began the next day with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, a modest American victory that sent the British back to Boston.
In 1981 – What would become the longest game in the history of professional baseball begins in Pawtucket, Rhode Island between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox. The International League game would be suspended at 4:07 the following morning after 32 innings tied 2-2 and would be completed later in the season, a 3-2, 33-inning win for Pawtucket. It broke the professional baseball record of 29 innings established in 1966 when the Miami Marlins defeated the St Petersburg Cardinals 4-3 in a Florida State League game. The record still stands.
In 1960 – Buster Brown is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot R&B chart – for the only week with Fannie Mae. The song took 20 weeks to reach #1 and had actually dropped in the survey several times before spending eleven weeks in the Top 10 and the song also peaked at #38 on Billboard’s Hot 100. Brown had two other Hot 100 appearances and Fannie Mae remains his only appearance at #1 on a Billboard chart. Though he had been a musician for years, Brown turned professional rather late and was 49-years-old when he recorded Fannie Mae.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
There is always something else to be done. But if you want the world you must forget insignificant places… – Gore Vidal, Creation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The unit of Cuban exiles that carried out the Bay of Pigs invasion was known as Brigade 2506.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What is the longest game in major league history? – Answer next time!
