Today is
Friday, August 18, 2017,
the 229th day of the year.

quote of the day:

I’m dying with the aid of too many physicians.

King Alexander the Great
356-323 A.D.

happy birthday:

Shelley Winters (1920 — 2006).

American actress.
East St. Louis, Illinois.

Martin Mull, 74.

American actor.
Chicago, Illinois.