The Daily Dose/July 5, 2023
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow finds something out. Today’s Diary.
The big news is we learned DDDDs real name…I am not making that up…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1945 – The United Kingdom holds its first General Election in ten years with the Labour Party earning 393 of the 640 seats in the House of Commons. Clement Attlee was elected prime minister, replacing Conservative Party leader Winston Churchill, who had served throughout World War II and Attlee would serve until 1951 when he would be replaced by Churchill. A total of 25 parties had at least one candidate stand for election with 15 winning at least one seat.
In 1946 – Sam Snead of the US wins the British Open, shooting a final round 75 to win by two strokes at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland. It was the first and only British Open title for Snead and was his second of seven Grand Slam wins and his 75 remains the highest final-round score by a major winner. Snead retired in 1965 with a record 82 tour victories, a mark later tied by Tiger Woods.
In 1980 – Billy Joel is at #1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the fourth of six consecutive weeks with Glass Houses. It was the sixth of 24 chart albums for Joel and his second of four #1s. The album also went to #1 in Iceland and Canada, peaked at #9 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 4th-biggest album of the year. It produced four chart singles, including the #1 It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Genius does what it must, talent does what it can.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Billboard’s #1 song for 1964 was I Want to Hold Your Hand by the Beatles, which spent seven weeks at #1.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many British prime ministers, not including the current one, served less than one year? – Answer next time!
