The Daily Dose/April 4, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience….
Leading Off remains in quarantine.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
Read Free Fortnight rolls on.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow postpones his morning walk because it’s dark. Today’s Diary.
Of course, it’s a small town and it’s not likely I’d get hit, but it only takes one whackjob not paying attention to ruin your day and besides, what if I ran into a bear???…I’d probably lose…There is bear spray, of course, and I could wear a reflective vest, but I dunno, that’s getting more geared up than I want to get for a walk…
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On This Date
Great moments in us.
In 1841 – John Tyler becomes president of the United States following the death of President William Henry Harrison. Harrison died of pneumonia, the first president to die in office and Tyler immediately took the oath of office, moved into the White House and assumed all responsibilities of the presidency. Elected vice president as a Whig, Tyler was eventually thrown out of the party and was not nominated for a full term. Harison’s term of 31 days remains the shortest in American history and Tyler served the longest term of any president not elected to the office.
In 1994 – Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians establishes a new major league record for most games played by a first baseman in a 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Seattle Mariners. Murray was playing in his 2.369th game at first base, one more than Jake Beckley was believed to have played in between 1888 and 1907 though later research would credit Beckley with 2,383 games played at first base. Murray would retire in 1997 with 2,413 games played at first, a record that still stands.
In 1964 – The Beatles are at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of five consecutive weeks with Can’t Buy Me Love. It is one of the most significant #1 songs in chart history. Can’t Buy Me Love song jumped to #1 from #27, a record that stood until Maroon 5 jumped from #64 to #1 in 2007 with Makes Me Wonder. It was the third consecutive #1 song on the Hot 100 by the group, following She Loves You and I Want To Hold Your Hand, marking the only time an act replaced itself twice at #1. The Beatles also occupied the entire Top 5 this week (Twist and Shout, She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Please, Please Me) marking the only time this has been accomplished on the Hot 100.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. – Alexander Hamilton
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The first on a Billboard pop chart to have the phrase ‘rock and roll’ in the title was Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr, which spent one week at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart in 1956.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
What song holds the record for making the biggest jump to #1? – Answer next time!
