The Daily Dose/May 18, 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 mows the lawn, but the battery dies toward the end. Today’s Diary.
The middle setting for a high lawn meant the mower had to work extra hard and she threw in the towel about three-quarters of the way thru…The delay was 45 minutes, not too bad but certainly enuff time to ensure ol’ Sparrow totally stiffened up and finishing up was completely misery…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1896 – The US Supreme Court, in a 7-1 decision, rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the separate but equal legal doctrine is constitutional, legalizing Jim Crow laws in the South. The case began in 1892 when Homer Plessey, a mixed-race man, boarded a whites-only train car in New Orleans in violation of Louisiana’s Separate Car Act. The lone dissenting opinion was issued by Justice John Harlan, who dissented many times in civil liberty cases during his time on the court.
In 1897 – Bill Joyce of the New York Giants ties the major league record for most triples in a game in an 11-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Joyce had four triples, tying the record established by George Strief of the Philadelphia Athletics in the American Association in 1885 and the feat remains unmatched. The modern major league record for most triples in a game is three, done many times.
In 1959 – Wilbert Harrison is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Kansas City. The song spent eight weeks in the Top 10 and 16 weeks on the chart, was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year, and was in its second of seven consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. It was the first chart single for Harrison, his first of two Top 40 hits, and remains his only #1 song.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…you can never enslave a reluctant people without first charming them. Certainly you must convince them that your way is their way and that the chains you have forged for them are necessary ornaments.
Gore Vidal
Creation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Mickey Wright of the US has won the most LPGA Championship titles with four.
Today’s Stumper
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How long did John Harlan serve on the US Supreme Court? – Answer next time!
