The Daily Dose/October 22, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow participated in another honor guard. Today’s Diary.
…and all in all it was the usual moving ceremony we regularly turn in but never take for granted…Each one is a privilege.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1797 – Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin becomes the first human to parachute from a high altitude in Paris. Garnerin took attached the parachute to a balloon and rose to a height of 3,300 feet before severing the parachute from the balloon. Garnerin had neglected to include a vent in the parachute and his descent was rather rough, but he landed uninjured. Two years later his wife Jeanne-Genevieve became the first woman to parachute and Mr Garnerin died in a ballooning accident in 1823.
In 2002 – Patrick Roy of the Colorado Avalanche ties the NHL record for most games by a goalie in a 3-3 tie against the Edmonton Oilers. It was the 971st game for Roy to tie the record established by Terry Sawchuck established with four teams from 1949-70. Roy would retire the following year with 1,029 games played and the record is now 1,266 games, established by Martin Brodeur with two teams from 1991-2015.
In 1988 – Phil Collins is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of two consecutive weeks with Groovy Kind of Love. It was the twelfth of 21 Top 40 hits for Collins as a solo act, his eighth of 17 Top 10 hits, and his fifth of seven #1 songs. The song went to #1 in nine other countries including Denmark, Portugal, and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 29th-biggest song of the year. The song was initially offered to Leslie Gore, whose producer rejected it, and in 1966 a version by the Mindbenders peaked at #2 on the Hot 100.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Every state cannot expect to shape the measures of the General Government to suit its own particular interests….Mutual forbearance becomes…a duty obligatory on us all.
Andrew Jackson
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The only country besides the US to win Olympic gold medals in the women’s 4 x 100-meter relay was East Germany, in 1976 and 1980.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s biggest hit of 1988? – Answer next time!