The Daily Dose/May 6, 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 plays a practical joke. Today’s Diary.
…we had some zero clue how long the AFDM would be away from the front desk, and operational security dictated we close out the mission and get back to our side of the front desk before being detected.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1937 – The German airship Hindenburg catches fire while landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey. The Hindenburg is destroyed within a minute, with 35 of the 97 people on board dying, and there was one death on the ground. The cause of the fire was never determined, with sabotage and static electricity each having gained supporters over the years. The final survivor, Werner Doehner, eight at the time, died in 2019.
In 1953 – Bobo Holloman of the St Louis Browns throws a no-hitter in his first major league start, a 6-0 win over the Philadelphia Athletics. It was the first of three major league wins for Holloman, was his only complete game and he was sent to the minors in July with a 3-7 record and 5.23 ERA. He was the first pitcher in the modern era to throw a no-hitter in their first major league start and the third of four overall.
In 1967 – Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fourth and final consecutive week with Somethin’ Stupid. The song went to #1 in seven other countries, including Norway and Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year. It was the second and final #1 hit for Nancy on the Hot 100 and was the tenth and final #1 for Frank in a chart career that began with the first Billboard pop chart in 1940 and continues to this day with annual appearances on Billboard’s holiday songs chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Powell was possessed by ambition, but not the ambition that puts the reward and the success ahead of the achievement.
Robertson Davies
The Lyre of Orpheus
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
Phil Collins has had three #1 songs in Great Britain.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who were the other major league pitchers to throw no-hitters in their first start? – Answer next time!
