The Daily Dose/June 10, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off remains in time-out.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest MPG figure for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
Like you, we were wondering how, or even if, the new all-weather tires would affect gas mileage and the jury is still out on that…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1854 – The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class. The six students were known as passed midshipmen and were obliged to wait to enter active duty as the practice of immediately commissioning graduates as ensigns didn’t start until 1912. The school had been founded in 1845 as the Naval School on an old army fort in Annapolis. Previously, the academy had sent officers to the fleet, but not as part of a graduating class.
In 1934 – Italy wins the second World Cup, defeating Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time in the final in Rome. It was the first of four World Cup titles for the Italians and was the first of two runner-up finishes for the Czechs. The tournament featured 16 teams, ten of whom had not played in the first World Cup four years earlier in Uraguay, and consisted solely of a 16-team, single-elimination tournament. Italy had beaten the US, Spain, and Austria to reach the final, and Germany defeated Austria for third place.
In 1967 – Aretha Franklin is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second and final consecutive week with Respect. The song also peaked at #10 in Great Britain, was in its fourth of eight consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart, and was Billboad’s biggest soul song of the year. It was the first of two pop #1s for Franklin and her second of a then-record 20 #1 soul hits, a mark once shared with Stevie Wonder and now held by Drake (27). The song was written by Otis Redding, whose own version had peaked at #35 in 1965.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…a deity…cannot be proved by reason, he can only be postulated as a practical necessity, offering peace to our limited intellects, and encouragement to our fragile morality.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol I: Our Oriental Heritage
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Soviet Union occupied North Korea before the founding of the current People’s Democratic Republic in 1948. Before the end of World War II, it was ruled by Japan.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Besides Czechoslovakia, what other countries have played in multiple World Cup finals without winning? – Answer next time!
