The Daily Dose/March 25, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has good strength in the gym. Today’s Diary.
Everything but the bench press was stronger…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1979 – The space shuttle Columbia is delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to be prepared for its first launch, scheduled later that year. Assorted delays put this off until April 1981 and its first operational mission came on its fifth mission in November 1982. Columbia would spend 300 days in space over the course of its 28 missions until it disintegrated upon re-entry in February 2003.
In 1982 – Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers becomes the first player to score 200 points in a season in a 7-2 victory over the Calgary Flames. Gretzky’s 200th point came on a first-period assist and he later added another assist and two goals. Gretzky would finish the season with NHL records in both goals (92) and assists (120) and the goal record still stands. Gretzky would set the single-season assists (163) and points (215) records in 1985-86.
In 1972 – America is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Horse With No Name. The song also went to #1 in Finland and Canada and peaked at #3 in Great Britain. It was the first chart single for the group, their first of seven Top 10 hits, and their first of two #1s. Their self-titled debut album was also in its first of five consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
One must show the truth to posterity with boldness, and to his contemporaries with circumspection.
Will and Ariel Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol X: Rousseau and Revolution
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The Billboard all-chart record for most weeks at #1 is 132, done by You Say by Lauren Daigle, on the Hot Christian Songs chart from 2018-2021.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds the NHL record for most points in a season by someone not named Wayne Gretxky or Mario Lemieux? – Answer next time!
