The Daily Dose/March 9, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow all but gives an unhappy guest a cash grant. Today’s Diary.
Hell, she could’ve swung deals all day…
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On This Date
History’s long march.
In 1961 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 9 from a cosmodrome in what is now Kazakhstan. Onboard was a dog, a guinea pig, some mice, and a mannequin. The flight orbited the earth once and lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes and the mannequin, named Ivan Ivanovich, was ejected during descent to test ejection capabilities. The Soviet Union would launch the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, on April 12.
In 1895 – The Montreal Victorias of the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada (AHAC) become the first team to win three consecutive Stanley Cups, defeating Queen’s University of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) 5-1 in a single-game challenge. The Victorias played in a variety of leagues before disbanding in 1910, while the Queen’s University Gaels compete in the Ontario University Athletics and remain the only team to compete for both the Stanley Cup and the Grey Cup.
In 1991 – Mariah Carey is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Someday. It was the third of five consecutive #1 songs for Carey – still a Hot 100 record for the start of a career – and her third of 19 #1s, a mark second on the all-time Hot 100 list behind the Beatles (20) and this week was the eighth of a Hot 100-record 87 total weeks Carey has spent at #1. The song also went to #1 in Canada, peaked at #38 in Great Britain, at #3 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was their 13th-biggest song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It is not what you look at, but what you see.
Henry David Thoreau
Diary entry
8/5/1851
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Bob Dylan had twelve Top 40 hits on the Hot 100 including two that reached #2: Like a Rolling Stone and Rainy Day Women #12 & 35.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
In what years did Queens University compete for the Grey Cup? – Answer next time!
