Leonard Nimoy, as Mr. Spock, said to a captured
enemy commander, "Military secrets are the most
fleeting of all."
Today is Thursday, Aug. 10, the 222nd day of 2006 with 143
to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Saturn,
Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are
Mars, Jupiter and Pluto.
Birthday celebrations today.
Edmund Jennings Randolph, the first U.S. attorney general,
in 1753;
Herbert Hoover, 31st president of the United States, in 1874;
actor Jack Haley (the Tin Woodsman in "The Wizard of Oz")
in 1898;
actresses Norma Shearer in 1902 and Rhonda Fleming in 1923
(age 83);
guitar maker Leo Fender in 1909;
singers Jimmy Dean and Eddie Fisher, both in 1928 (age 78);
rock musician Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull in 1947 (age 59);
actors Rosanna Arquette in 1959 (age 47)
Antonio Banderas in 1960 (age 46).