The Daily Dose/April 18, 2023
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 gets a bit more sleep than he was planning on. Today’s Diary.
Boo, because it’s a bit more than we usually get on Mondays and we are already fretting over how this will affect our treasured Tuesday Sleep Session (TSS) and we know you are, too…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1906 – An earthquake strikes northern California at 5:12 am. The quake measured an estimated 7.9, though the Richter scale had not been invented yet, and between the quake and the resulting fire, over 3,000 people died in San Francisco, with approximately 80% of the city destroyed. The epicenter is generally believed to have been offshore a bit northwest of the Golden Gate, and it remains the deadliest earthquake in US history.
In 1960 – Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first major league player to hit a home run in four different decades in a 10-1 loss to the Washington Senators. Williams’ home run came in the second inning off of Camilo Pascual and his first home run had come on April 23, 1939, off of Bud Thomas of the Philadelphia As. Williams would retire after the season with 521 career home runs, then good for third on the all-time list behind Babe Ruth and Jimmie Foxx
In 1981 – Smokey Robinson is at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart – then known as the Hot Soul singles chart – for the third of five consecutive weeks with Being With You. It was the tenth of 15 Top 10 soul hits for Robinson and was his second and final soul #1. The song also went #1 pop in Great Britain and peaked at #2 on the Hot 100. Robinson originally wrote the song for Kim Carnes, but his producer insisted that Smokey record it.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Nothing is more powerful than an individual acting out of his conscience, thus helping to bring the collective conscience to life.
John F Kennedy
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The NHL record for most shorthanded goals in a regular season game is four, by the Winnipeg Jets in April 1995.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who are the other three major league players to hit home runs in four decades? – Answer next time!
