$1 Cost to sign the "Figure 8 Wall" at the Elliott Smith memorial vigil, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. in Love Park. All proceeds go to the Elliott Smith Memorial Fund, a charity organization founded by Smith's family to provide financial support to children who are victims of abuse.

$3 million Amount of money received by the New York Nets from their sale of Dr. J to the Sixers on Oct. 20, 1976, less than 24 hours before the season started. The ensuing Nets' curse blows the Red Sox Babe trade out of the water. Just look where they ended up.

2.1 million Number of African-American women, estimated by organizers, who participated in the Million Woman March in Philadelphia on Oct. 25, 1997.

100 Percent of users that rated the "Philly 'Burbs Stitch 'N Bitch" Meetup group as "good" or "great." This month's Meetup — not to be confused with the less-popular "Sew 'N Ho" — is Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at Panera Bread on Ridge Pike in Conshohocken.

100,000 Number of people, estimated by Fire Department officials, that turned out to see Bill Clinton campaign with John Kerry in Philadelphia on Oct. 25, 2004. Kerry apparently got Clinton to show up by telling him it was the seventh anniversary reunion of the Million Woman March.