25 Years Ago in TV Guide: The Sept. 3, 1983, issue had a multi-article tribute to "All in the Family," which was ending its 13-year run, including four years of the successor "Archie Bunker's Place." Producer Norman Lear recalled that he had to shoot three pilot episodes (the first two for ABC), before CBS finally agreed to put the series on the air.

Like "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "America," the music for "Hail to the Chief," the official anthem of the president, wasn't composed by an American. The composer was Englishman James Sanderson, who wrote the tune circa 1810 for a theatrical adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's poem "The Lady of the Lake." But Sanderson does have an unexpected American connection, sort of. He was born in the northeast English town of Washington.

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the Tibetan people. "Lama" is the Mongolian word for "priest." What does "Dalai" mean?
A) Beloved
B) Eternal
C) Ocean
D) Red

Previous answer: Actor Jack Lemmon was born in the elevator of the suburban Boston hospital that his mother had just arrived at.

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