THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”

— Blaise Pascal

BIRTHDAYS:

1623 Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, scientist, inventor, writer/philosopher; known for Pascal’s Law, contributions to probability, fluids, and early mechanical calculator.

1783 Thomas Sully, American portrait painter.

1790 John Gibson (British sculptor).

1888 Frank Johnston, Canadian painter/landscape artist, member of the Group of Seven.

1947 Salman Rushdie, (British-Indian novelist).

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