The Daily Dose/March 2, 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 is under-employed again. Today’s Diary.
And that was that, a wrap on Sparrow: The VSO years…We didn’t have a whole lot of personal stuff to take home – a cardigan, some spare shoes, some assorted incidentals, tho we did forget to file the February VSO report like we said we would…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1877 – A commission appointed for the purpose declares Republican Rutherford B Hayes the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J Tilden. Tilden had won the popular vote by one percentage point but bickering in Congress had prevented either candidate from winning the Electoral College. Congress set up the commission of 15 men, with Democrats ultimately agreeing to Hayes’ election if Reconstruction was abandoned and federal troops withdrawn from the South.
In 1966 – Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season twice in a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Hull scored in the third period to match the feat he had first accomplished in the 1961-62 season. Hull would retire in 1980 with five 50-goal seasons and the record is now 14, done twice, by Mike Bossy and Wayne Gretzky.
In 1985 – Wham! Featuring George Michael is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the third and final consecutive week with Careless Whisper. It was the fourth of eight Top 40 hits for the duo, their third of six Top 10 hits, and their second of three #1 songs. The song went to #1 in nine other countries, including Italy and Great Britain, peaked at #8 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboard’s #1 song of the year.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
I was educated in good schools – but life was my best teacher.
Ernst Weiss
Georg Letham Physician and Murderer
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Two Pacific Hockey Association teams won the Stanley Cup: the Vancouver Millionaires in 1915 and the Seattle Metropolitans in 1917.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds the NHL record for most 60-goal seasons in a career? – Answer next time!
