The Daily Dose/September 2, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return. We are working on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow provides (further) proof that he will whine about anything. Today’s Diary.
There was a lot of rain today…We’ll take all the rain Mother Nature chooses to favor us with, of course, but it would blow if it affected Friday’s lawn mowing…I gathered Cliff doesn’t get to the small town all that often and the lawn really needs mowing…It might be the last of the season, too, because this is about the time it usually goes completely dormant.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1666 – What History knows as the Great Fire of London breaks out at a bakery on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. The fire spread quickly and St Paul’s Cathedral was destroyed two nights later and the fire was not completely extinguished until Sept 6. Most official death tolls put the total in single digits, however, the exact total remains unknown. Between 70,000 and 80,000 people were left homeless.
In 1924 – Bill Tilden of the US wins his fifth consecutive US Open – then known as the US National Championship – title defeating Bill Johnston 6-1, 9-7, 6-2. It was the third of four consecutive Tilden would beat Johnston in the final and Johnston’s six runner-up finishes remain a tournament record. Johnston had won the tournament in 1915 and 1919 while Tilden would win the tournament again in 1925 and 29.
In 1978 – Franki Valli is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Grease. It was the seventh and final #1 song for Valli, a figure which includes five #1s with the Four Seasons. The song also went to #1 in Israel and Canada and peaked at #3 in Great Britain. The song was written by Barry Gibb and the album Grease was also in its sixth of twelve weeks at #1 on Billboard’s album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He experiments with his last stake, and no matter how the experiment turns out, he still perishes…
Ernst Weiss
Georg Letham Physician and Murderer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Louis Armstrong is the oldest act to have a #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100. He was 62 when Hello Dolly hit the top in 1964.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many total US Open titles did Bill Tilden win in his career? – Answer next time!
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