A thought for the day: The efforts you make will surely be rewarded. If not, then you are simply not ready to call them efforts. -- Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh

On this date in history:

In 526, up to 300,000 people were killed in an earthquake in Syria and Antioch.

In 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were granted a patent for blue jeans with copper rivets.<...Read More

Those born on this date include:

- William Thornton, architect of the Capitol in Washington, in 1759
- Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth U.S. president, James Madison, in 1768
- French novelist ...Read More

Today is Monday, May 20, the 141st day of 2024 with 225 to follow.

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