French novelist Maurice Proust said, "Happiness is
beneficial for the body but it is grief that
develops the powers of the mind."
Today is Monday, July 10, the 191st day of 2006 with 174 to
follow. The moon is full. The morning stars are Venus,
Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Mercury, Jupiter,
Mars, Saturn and Pluto.
Those born on this day....
Protestant theologian John Calvin in 1509;
American painter James Whistler in 1834;
brewer Adolphus Busch in 1842;
French novelist Marcel Proust in 1871;
black educator Mary McLeod Bethune in 1875;
novelist Saul Bellow in 1915;
TV news anchor/commentator David Brinkley in 1920;
boxer Jake LaMotta in 1921 (age 85);
author Jean Kerr in 1923;
actor Fred Gwynne in 1926;
former New York City Mayor David Dinkins in 1927 (age 79);
tennis star Arthur Ashe in 1943;
actors Ron Glass in 1945 (age 61)
and Sue Lyon in 1946 (age 60);
and folksinger Arlo Guthrie in 1947 (age 59).
and my Grandmother Mary born 1874