The Daily Dose/December 29, 2019
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
The Sunday Bottom 5
The very best of the very worst of the week that was…
The Sunday Bottom 5 will return after the first of the year.
Today At The Site
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow: The Year in Sleep. Today’s Diary.
Here are the sleep figures for the week, month, quarter and year…
It’s Sparrow, an average man passing an average life.
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On This Date
In 1860 – HMS Warrior is launched by the Royal Navy. Warrior’s launching immediately made all other warships obsolete as she had an iron hull protected by iron plates and a screw propeller. Warrior would be commissioned the following year, her sister ship HMS Black Prince would enter service in 1862 and the pair would remain the world’s foremost warships until 1871. Warrior was decommissioned in 1883 and is now a museum ship in Portsmouth.
In 2007 – The New England Patriots become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in the regular season defeating the New York Giants 38-35. The Patriots were the eighth team to finish an NFL season undefeated and the first since the Miami Dolphins went 14-0 in 1972. The Patriots finished the season 18-1, losing to the Giants 17-14 to the Giants in the Super Bowl.
In 1984 – Madonna is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the second of six consecutive weeks with Like A Virgin. The song also went to #1 on Billboard’s dance chart, peaked at #8 on the soul chart and also went to #1 in Japan, Canada and Australia. It was Billboard’s second-biggest hit of 1985 and ranked 121st on their 60th Anniversary Hot 100 last year. It was Madonna’s fourth Top 40 hit, her first of twelve #1 songs and remains her biggest hit.
Quotebook
Heroism is the decision to maintain one’s consideration for others in the face of danger to oneself. – Miss Manners
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
The other five songs besides Wake Up Little Susie (the Everly Brothers) that went to #1 on Billboard’s pop, country and soul charts are: Jailhouse Rock, Don’t Be Cruel, (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear and Hound Dog by Elvis and All I Have To Do Is Dream by the Everly Brothers.
Today’s Stumper
What two female solo acts have had more #1 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 than Madonna? – Answer next time!
