veracity noun: 1. Truthfulness or accuracy. 2. Something true; a truth.
☰Thought of the Day
"I hope she'll be a fool—that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, from The Great Gatsby, ch 1.
- Isabella of Aragon, Spanish heir of the Catholic Monarchs and Queen consort of Portugal (1497-98) had Jews expelled from Portugal, born in Dueñas, Castile (d. 1498)
- Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier, born in Horn, Austria (d. 1776)
- Edmund Jackson Davis, American lawyer, soldier, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in St. Augustine, Florida (d. 1883)
- Fritz Eberhard, [Helmut von Rauschenplat], German journalist, anti-fascist war resistor, and co-signer of modern constitution, born in Dresden, German Empire (d. 1982)
- Ramona Fradon, American comic book artist (Metamorpho; Aquaman 1951-63), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2024)
- Spanky McFarland, American actor (Our Gang; The Little Rascals), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1993)
- Rex Reed, American film critic (At the Movies), author (Do You Sleep in the Nude?) and actor (Myra Breckinridge), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2026)
- Romina Power, American actress (Justine), Euro-pop singer, and daughter of Tyrone Power and Mexican actress Linda Christian, born in Los Angeles, California