Today is
Wednesday, July 18, 2018,
the 198th day of the year.

quote of the day:

Ninety percent of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.

Paul J. Meyer
1928-    

happy birthday:

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 — 1863).

British writer.
Calcutta, India.

Nelson Mandela (1918 — 2013).

South African civil rights leader.
Umtata, South Africa.

Hunter S. Thompson (1937 — 2005).

American writer.
Louisville, Kentucky.