The Daily Dose/September 24, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading off is in time-out for the moment.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s back in the gym. Today’s Diary.
The big news is my new workout gloves made their debut today…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1957 – President Dwight Eisenhower mobilizes the Army’s 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, to enforce integration at Central High School. The day before Eisenhower had federalized the entire Arkansas National Guard to protect who History refers to as the Little Rock Nine. In 1954 the Supreme Court issued the opinion Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregated schools. Governor Orval Faubus opposed integration and actually succeeded in getting Little Rock’s public schools closed for the 1958-59 school year,
In 1988 – Carl Lewis of the US establishes a new world record in the 100 meters at the Summer Olympics in Seoul. Lewis won in a time of 9.92 seconds to break the record of 9.93 seconds he had established the year before. Lewis came in second in the race behind Canada’s Ben Johnson, who was stripped of his gold medal and world record two days later for steroid use. It was the second of three times Lewis would break the world record, and the mark is now held by Usain Bolt of Jamaica, who ran 9.58 seconds in 2009.
In 1984 – Rick James is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Black Singles chart – for the fourth of six consecutive weeks with Cold Blooded. It was the third of four #1 soul songs for James and his ninth of 14 Top 10 soul hits. The song also peaked at #93 in Great Britain and at #40 on the Hot 100. James wrote the song and is about his relationship with actress Linda Blair.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
More likely he had died as he had lived – without ever learning who he really was.
Alex Haley
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 album of 1967 was More of the Monkees by the Monkees, which spent 18 consecutive weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who is the current women’s 100-meter world record holder? – Answer next time!
