A thought for the day: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said, Peace is much more precious than a piece of land.

On this date in history:

In 1787, the U.S. Constitution, completed in Philadelphia, was signed by a majority of the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention.

In 1862, Union forces led by Gen. ...Read More

Those born on this date include:

- Pope Paul V in 1552
- the second chief justice of the United States, John Rutledge in 1739
- Marriott Corp. founder J. Willard Marriott in 1900
- former U.S. ...Read More

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2019 with 105 to follow.

The moon is full. Morning stars are Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

On September 17th, 1787, the United States Constitution was adopted by the Constitutional Convention.

A thought for the day: The global environmental crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future. -- former U.S. Vice ...Read More