The Daily Dose/March 22, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow and The Wife spend some time farting around in the next county – including lunch at the Mexican joint – and the bird feeder is back in business in the front yard. Today’s Diary.
The Wife has decided we need more gravel for our driveway and she wanted to price a ton or two…The kid working the gravel desk really knew his stuff, which is always a pleasure to see, and it turns out that we can gravel our driveway for around $200, and that includes gravel delivery…
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On This Date
In 1978 – Karl Wallenda, of the Flying Wallendas, falls to his death while walking a tightrope between two buildings in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Though winds that day exceeded 30 mph, family members attributed the death to faulty wires attached to the tightrope. Wallenda, 73, was originally from Germany and had been performing in his family’s act since he was four.
In 1969 – The UCLA Bruins become the first team to win three consecutive NCAA basketball titles, defeating the Purdue Boilermakers 92-72 in Louisville. Coached by John Wooden, it’s the third of seven consecutive titles for UCLA. The Bruins had also won the championship in 1964 and 1965 and remain the only major division team to win consecutive NCAA titles more than once.
In 1969 – Dizzy by Tommy Roe is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of four weeks. Roe co-wrote the song with Freddy Weller, a member of Paul Revere and the Raiders and who later charted as a country act. It was the eighth of eleven Top 40 hits for Roe and his second and final #1 after 1962’s Sheila. Dizzy also went to #1 in Great Britain and Canada.
Quotebook
Life is being on the wire; everything else is just waiting.
Rick Wallenda
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
There wasn’t a Trivia feature last time, silly.
Today’s Stumper
What other teams have also won consecutive NCAA basketball championships? – Answer next time!
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