A thought for the day: It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. -- Sophia Loren

On this date in history:

In 1946, the first Cannes Film Festival opened on the French Riviera. An earlier attempt (in 1939) to begin the international movie showcase was halted by the outbreak of World War II.<...Read More

Those born on this date include:

- Novelist Upton Sinclair in 1878
- Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian nurse who pioneered the care of polio victims, in 1880
- NASA mathematician Dorothy Vaughan in ...Read More

Today is Thursday, Sept. 20, the 263rd day of 2018 with 102 to follow.

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

On September 20th, 1967, the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 first set sail.

A thought for the day: Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. -- Gen. Omar Bradley