Today is
Monday, October 21, 2019,
the 293rd day of the year.

quote of the day:

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Helen Keller
1880-1968

happy birthday:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 — 1834).

British poet.
Ottery St. Mary, England.

Lou Lamoriello, 77.

American hockey executive.
Providence, Rhode Island.