The Daily Dose/April 5, 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 details the week’s soda order. Today’s Diary.
3 Dasanis will give us six total, more than enuff, but we’re wondering if stock is rotated, with the three new cases placed on the bottom with the three current cases placed on top…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1943 – Bombers from the US Army Air Force inadvertently bomb a residential neighborhood in Mortsel, Belgium, killing 900 civilians, including 206 children. The intended target had been a factory about six-tenths of a mile away that was repairing German airplanes. Mortsel is south of Antwerp in northern Belgium, which is between France and the Netherlands.
In 1984 – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Los Angeles Lakers establishes a new NBA record for most points in a career in a 129-115 win over the Utah Jazz in Las Vegas. Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook from the baseline gave him 31,421 points, breaking the record of 31,419 established by Wilt Chamberlain from 1959-73. Abdul-Jabbar would retire in 1989 with 38,387 points, a record that stood until this year when it was broken by LeBron James. Utah was the home team for the game.
In 1969 – Tommy Roe is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the fourth and final consecutive week with Dizzy. It was the eighth of eleven Top 40 hits for Roe, his fifth of six Top 10 hits, and was his second and final #1 (Sheila, two weeks, 1962). The song also went to #1 in Canada and Great Britain and was Billboard’s 6th-biggest song of the year. The song spent 15 weeks on the chart, including nine weeks in the Top 10.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
In order to succeed, you must be a person who is able to perform hard work repeatedly over a long period of time.
Lee Labrada
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Tommy John’s career batting average was .157, with 5 home runs and 54 RBIs.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Who holds the NBA record for most career points with the same team? – Answer next time!
