The Daily Dose/April 19, 2025
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’s leisurely night at the hospital doesn’t last forever. Today’s Diary.
At 0530, we actually had to work…Horror of horrors…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1995 – The Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City is bombed, killing 168 and injuring 684. The blast destroyed or damaged over 300 other buildings and did an estimated $652 million in damage, about $1.3 billion in today’s dollars. Of the dead, 19 were children under the age of six. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were later arrested, tried, and convicted of the bombing, with McVeigh executed in 2001, while Nichols remains in prison. Alfred P Murrah was a federal judge from Oklahoma.
In 1897 – James McDermott of the US wins the first Boston Marathon in a time of 2 hours, 55 minutes, 10 seconds. Fifteen runners started the race in Ashland, with ten finishing, the final runner in 4 hours and 10 minutes. It remains the oldest annual marathon in the world, and the 2025 Boston Marathon takes place on Monday.
In 1969 – Glen Campbell is at #1 on Billboard’s country chart – then known as the Hot Country Singles chart – for the first of three consecutive weeks with Galveston. It was the tenth of 46 Top 40 country hits for Campbell, his fourth of 29 Top 10s, and his third of five #1s. The song also went #1 country in Canada, peaked at #14 in Great Britain, and at #4 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing could be more insulting to me than the concept of civil rights. It means perpetual second-class citizenship for me and my kind.
James Meredith
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Billboard consolidated their mono and stereo album charts on August 17, 1963. Andy Williams had the first #1, Days of Wine and Roses.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What runner has won the most Boston Marathons? – Answer next time!
