The Daily Dose/November 6, 2021
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is in time out while we work on (another) project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow, finally, finalizes his vacation travel plans. Today’s Diary.
…but – and this is hardly the Upset of the Year – ol’ Sparrow was wrong.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States with 180 electoral votes and 39.8% of the popular vote, defeating John C Breckenridge (72, 18.1%), John Bell (39, 12.6%) and Stephen A Douglas (12, 29.5%). Voter turnout was 81.2%, a record that stood until the election of 1876 when 81.8% of voters turned out. Lincoln was reelected in 1864 and assassinated in April 1865.
In 1993 – Evander Holyfield regains the WBA and IBF world heavyweight boxing titles, defeating Riddick Bowe by majority decision in a 12-round fight at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The previous November Bowe had won the title from Holyfield via a 12-round unanimous decision and the fight remains known for the man who parachuted into the ring in the 7th round, causing a 21-minute delay.
In 1993 – Meat Loaf is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That). It was the fourth of seven Top 40 hits for Meat Loaf and remains his only Top 10 hit. The song went to #1 in 28 different countries including Iceland, Norway and Great Britain, was Billboard’s 36th biggest song of the year and its 38th-biggest song of 1994. The song was written by Jim Steinman and earned Meat Loaf the Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
That is always best which gives me to myself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harvard Divinity School address
7/15/1838
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Franklin Roosevelt had three vice presidents: John Nance Garner (1933-41), Henry A Wallace (1941-45) and Harry S Truman (1945).
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many vice presidents did Abraham Lincoln have? – Answer next time!
