The Daily Dose/May 26, 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 sets a new MPG record for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
I filled up the new ride before heading into the hotel tonight and I knew we’d be close to the magic 40 MPG mark…
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On This Date
History’s long march to today
In 2004 – Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 counts of murder in Oklahoma state court for his part in the Oklahoma City bombing. Earlier, Nichols had been convicted of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of eight federal officers in a federal trial. Nichols met co-conspirator Timothy McVeigh while both were serving in the US Army and is currently serving his first of 161 life sentences at the federal supermax facility in Colorado.
In 1925 – Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers becomes the first major league player to reach 1,000 extra-base hits in an 8-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Cobb went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in the game and a few days earlier had broken the record of 996 extra-base hits established by Honus Wagner. Cobb would retire in 1930 with 1,136 extra-base hits, a record that would later be broken by Babe Ruth and Stan Musial. The mark has been held by Hank Aaron (1,477) since 1976.
In 1962 – Mr Acker Bilk is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Stranger on the Shore. It was the first American chart single for Bilk and remains his only Top 40 hit. The song also peaked at #2 in Great Britain, was Billboard’s biggest song of 1962 and History remembers Stranger on the Shore as the first song by a British act to hit #1 on the Hot 100. The song was originally titled Jenny after one of Bilk’s children.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Either the people would overthrow the government or, more likely, the government would overthrow the people. – Gore Vidal, Empire
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
70 delegates were originally appointed to attend the Constitutional Convention, 55 actually showed and 39 signed the Constitution that was submitted to the several states for ratification.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Which active major league player has the most extra base hits? – Answer next time!
