Days gone by

Thought for today: One has two duties — to be worried and not to be worried — E.M. Forster, British author (1879-1970).

Today’s birthdays: Blaise Pascal, French mathematician and philosopher (1623-1662); Lou Gehrig, U.S. baseball player (1903-1941); Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar opposition leader/Nobel peace prize winner (1945--); Salman Rushdie, Anglo-Indian writer (1947--); Phylicia Rashad, U.S. actress (1948--); Kathleen Turner, U.S. actress (1954--); Paula Abdul, U.S. singer/dancer (1962--).