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There’s a lot of people around Alaska now who are actually running the place who claim to just have gone there for the summer once 30 years ago.
— Tom Bodett
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Today is Tuesday, October 18th, the 291st day of 2022. There are 74 days left in the year. It is Alaska Day (in Alaska), National Meatloaf Appreciation Day, National Chocolate Cupcake Day, National No Beard Day, International Necktie Day, and World Menopause Day.
On This Day
In 1648, Boston shoemakers formed the first American labor organization.
In 1779, the Franco-American Siege of Savannah was lifted.
In 1851, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick was first published as The Whale by Richard Bentley of London.
In 1867, the U.S. took possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million.
In 1922, the British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) was founded to establish a network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
In 1954, Texas Instruments announced the first transistor radio.
In 1957, Paul McCartney and John Lennon performed together for the first time after the former joined the latter’s band The Quarrymen.
In 1963, France launched Félicette, to date the only cat to visit space and return safely to Earth.
In 1979, the Federal Communications Commission began allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a license.
In 1991, Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
Today's Birthdays
Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is 83. International Tennis Hall of Famer Martina Navratilova is 66. Actress Pam Dawber is 71. Musician Wynton Marsalis is 61. Actor Vincent Spano is 60. Actress Freida Pinto is 38. Actor Zac Efron is 35.
The Links
COVID-19 Much Less Deadly Than Previously Thought, Major Study Finds (The Daily Sceptic)
“The study was led by Dr. John Ioannidis, Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Stanford University.”
Leisure and hospitality projected to mostly recover pandemic-driven employment losses (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor)
“The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the U.S. economy to add 8.3 million jobs from 2021 to 2031. Of those, 1.9 million jobs — 23.1 percent of all new jobs projected — are expected to be in leisure and hospitality.”
Tennessee Titans, Nashville mayor unveil details of $2.1B stadium deal (The Tennessean)
“The remaining $760 million would be funded by Metro Sports Authority revenue bonds backed by a new 1% countywide hotel occupancy tax, in-stadium sales taxes and half of the state and local sales tax revenues from a 130-acre area surrounding the stadium. Beyond debt service, that sales tax revenue would be used to fund stadium maintenance and infrastructure costs.”
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