The Daily Dose/March 30, 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 – The first signs of spring are in the air. Today’s Diary.
In fashion news, the big news is the Shire Coat made its seasonal debut tonite, the first time it’s gotten off the coat rack in a couple of years…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1842 – Dr Crawford Long performs the first surgery using ether as anesthesia in Jefferson, Georgia. Dr Long removed a neck tumor from James Venable and the ether was administered by having Venable inhale ether from a towel and three years later became the first to use ether during birth. Long kept his findings to himself and the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia was performed by Dr William T. G. Morton in 1846.
In 1925 – The Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Montreal Canadiens 6-1 in game four in Victoria to win the series three games to one. The Cougars had defeated Saskatoon and Calgary in the WCHL playoffs while the Canadiens defeated Toronto in the NHL playoffs and made the finals after Hamilton was suspended when their players went on strike for more money. The Cougars remain the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup and were the last team from west of Chicago to do so until Edmonton in 1984.
In 1974 – John Denver is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the only week with Sunshine On My Shoulders. It was Denver’s fourth of 15 Top 40 hits and eight Top 10 hits and his first four #1s. The song also went to #1 in Canada and peaked at #42 on Billboard’s country chart. It was from his Greatest Hits album, which was then in its first of two weeks at #1 on Billboard’s album chart.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished.
Cervantes
Don Quixote
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Stanford was the first private school to win the NCAA basketball tournament, defeating Dartmouth 53-38 in 1942.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many #1 songs did John Denver have on Billboard’s country chart? – Answer next time!
