The Daily Dose/October 11, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow and Asher note a foul smell at General Hospital. Today’s Diary.
The decision here is not whether or not to go hunting for a skunk – this isn’t bleeping Wild Kingdom – but whether or not to notify someone…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1910 – Former President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first president to fly in an airplane at Kinloch Field in St Louis. Roosevelt had been invited to attend an air show that included the Wright Brothers, who had invented air travel in 1903. Roosevelt’s plane was piloted by Archibald Hoxsey, an instructor at a Wright Brother’s flying school who had become the first pilot to fly at night. Kinloch Field became St Louis International Airport in 1971.
In 1902 – Laurie Auchterlonie of Scotland wins the US Open, establishing a new 72-hole scoring record at the Garden City Golf Club on Long Island, New York. Auchterlonie shot a final round 77 to beat Steward Gardner and Walter Travis by six strokes. It remains Auchterlonie’s only major victory and his 72-hole total of 307 broke the record of 313 established by Henry Vardon in 1900. The record is now 268 by Rory McElroy in 2011.
In 1975 – Neil Sedaka is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Bad Blood. It was the 17th of 21 Top 40 hits for Sedaka, his eighth and final Top 10 hit, and his third and final #1. The song also went to #1 in Canada, and due to charting in both the 1975 and 1976 survey periods, it was Billboard’s 93rd-biggest song of 1975. Elton John sang backup vocals on the song, though he did not receive label credit.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Let the day go by; why should we mourn over that? There are millions of days coming.
Anonymous Samoan Tribal Chief
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Soviet Union won the most medals at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics (96), while the US won the most gold medals (36).
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the first sitting president to fly in an airplane? – Answer
