The Daily Dose/October 17, 2022
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off is running intermittently for the time being.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow enjoys a leisurely Sunday morning at The Shire. Today’s Diary.
We got home, fed the cat and then ourselves before retiring to the chair for some reading, managing to finish the Andrew Jackson book we’ve been working on…We started dozing off around noon or so and then retired, tho it took us a bit longer to fall asleep than we’d’ve thought.
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1977 – Lufthansa Flight 181, originally scheduled for service from Palma de Mallorca, Spain to Frankfurt, West Germany and hijacked on Oct 13, lands in Mogadishu, Somalia after flying from Aden, Yemen. The plane had been hijacked by four members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine over the Mediterranean Sea with 86 passengers and five crew members on board and had first landed in Rome for refueling. A West German commando team would rescue all 86 hostages the following morning.
In 1991 – Paul Coffey of the Pittsburgh Penguins establishes a new NHL record for most career points by a defenseman in an 8-5 win over the New York Islanders. Coffey had two assists, giving him 1,053 points for his career, breaking the mark of 1,052 established by Denis Potvin of the Islanders between 1973-88. Coffey would retire in 2001 with 1,531 points, and the record is now held by Ray Borque, who had 1,579 points with the Boston Bruins and Colorado Avalanche from 1979-2001.
In 1981 – Christopher Cross is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do). It was the fifth of eight Top 40 hits for Cross, his third of four Top 10 hits, and his second and final #1 song (Sailing, one week, 1980). The song also went to #1 in Norway, peaked at #7 in Great Britain, was Billboard’s 64th-biggest song of 1981, its 98th-biggest of 1982, and won the Oscar for Best Original Song. The song was written by Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, and Peter Allen.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He saw that liberty required security, that freedom required order, that the well-being of the parts of the Union required that the whole remained intact.
Jon Meachem
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Marie Antoinette was born into the Archduchy of Austria.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
What was Billboard’s biggest album of 1981? – Answer next time!
