THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The characteristic note of our time is the dire truth that, the mediocre soul, the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be mediocre, has the gall to assert its right to mediocrity, and goes on to impose itself where it can.”

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

BIRTHDAYS:

1581 Frans Francken the Younger, Flemish painter.

1812: Martin Delany, African-American abolitionist, physician, and writer.

1856: Robert Peary, American arctic explorer.

1856: Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (often called the father of psychology).

1858 Georges Hüe, French composer. Fantaisie poûr Flute et Orchestre.

1868 Gaston Leroux, French writer/novelist (The Phantom of the Opera).

1870 Amadeo Giannini, American banker and entrepreneur (founded Bank of America).

1883 José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and author.

1888 Russell Stover, American chemist and entrepreneur (Russell Stover Candies).

1915 Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (Citizen Kane).

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