The Daily Dose/June 3, 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 prepares for his trip. Today’s Diary.
All right, our trip to Birmingham is tomorrow and we are ready to go…Recall there was some question about the itinerary, but we’ve settled that, with the original plan still in play: we are flying out Tuesday and coming back Thursday…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1965 – Gemini 4, the first multiple-day manned mission by the US, takes off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Commanded by James McDivitt and piloted by Ed White, the mission spent four days in space and orbited Earth 66 times and included White’s first spacewalk by an American. The crew tried to rendezvous with the rocket that launched it, but failed. McDivitt later commanded Apollo 9, while White died in the Apollo 1 fire.
In 1929 – Helen Wills wins the French Open, defeating Simonne Mathieu 6-3, 6-4. It was the second of four French Open titles for Wills, her ninth of 19 Grand Slam singles titles and her 19th of a then-record 31 overall Grand Slam titles. It was the first of six runner-up finishes for Mathieu, who would win titles in 1938 and 1939. Wills also had paintings entered in the art competition at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
In 1944 – Bing Crosby is at #1 on Billboard’s National Best Selling Retail Records chart – their first pop singles chart and a predecessor to the Hot 100 – for the fifth and final consecutive week with I Love You. It was the tenth of 13 #1s for Crosby on assorted American pop charts, his fourth of eight on a Billboard chart, and the song also went to #1 on Billboard’s Most Played Juke Box Records chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The difference between the possible and the impossible lies in the person’s determination.
Tommy Lasorda
Answer To The Last Trivia Questions
Knowledge is power.
The first act to have their only Hot 100 hit go to #1 was the Elegants, who took Little Star to #1 in 1958. It was the third #1 song of the Hot 100 era.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who was the first non-Frenchwoman to win the French Open? – Answer next time!
