The Daily Dose/August 4, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for the rest of the summer.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest personal grooming news. Today’s Diary.
I shaved the dome and trimmed the beard down to 3mm when I got home…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1783 – The climactic eruption of Mount Asama in central Japan begins. The eruption lasted for 15 days and killed approximately 1,400 people. The damage to farmland exacerbated an ongoing famine, leaving farmland fallow for several years, resulting in the deaths of 20,000 more. The eruption had begun in May. The volcano is located about 100 miles northwest of Tokyo and erupts fairly regularly, the last time in 2019.
In 1936 – Jesse Owens of the United States wins his second gold medal of the Berlin Olympics, winning the long jump in an Olympic record of 26 feet 5 and 5/16th inches. Owens defeated Luz Long of Germany and Naoto Tajima of Japan and was the ninth time in ten Olympics the US had won the event. Owens had won the 100 meters the previous day and would win two more gold medals at the Berlin Games
In 1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 debuts with Ricky Nelson at #1 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Poor Little Fool. The Hot 100 replaced both the Most Played by Jockeys and the Top 100 charts, while the Best Sellers in Stores chart would continue until mid-October. The song also went to #4 in Great Britain and peaked at #3 on Billboard’s country and soul charts. It was the first of two #1 songs for Nelson on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…never think that you are not good enough yourself…My belief is that in life people will take you very much at your own reckoning.
Anthony Trollope
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
John Denver had three #1 songs on Billboard’s country chart: Back Home Again, Thank God I’m a Country Boy and I’m Sorry.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Besides the US, how many other countries have won Olympic gold medals in the long jump? – Answer next time!
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