Apotheosis refers to the perfect form or example of something, or to the highest or best part of something. It can also mean “elevation to divine status; deification.” It is usually singular, but the plural form is apotheoses.
☰Thought of the Day
"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse." - Florence Nightingale
- Emperor Leopold I names Duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king
- 88th Grand National: Robert W. H. Everett wins aboard 100/1 outsider Gregalach
- AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, Delta State beats Immaculata 90-81 in Harrisonburg
- Herb Gardner's stage drama "Conversations with My Father", starring Judd Hirsch and Tony Shalhoub, opens at Royale Theatre, NYC, runs for 462 performances and a Tony Award for Hirsch
- British runner Jasmin Paris is the first woman and 20th person to complete one of the world's hardest ultramarathons, the Barkley Marathons in Tennessee, with one minute and 39 seconds to spare
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1508-19, established Hapsburg dynasty in Spain), born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1519)
- Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles), born in Urangeline, NSW (d. 1991)
- Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch foreign minister (KVP), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2008)
- Billy Vessels, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1952, University of Oklahoma), born in Cleveland, Oklahoma (d. 2001)
- Leo "Bud" Welch, American gospel and Delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("You Can't Hurry God"; "Cadillac Baby"), born in Sabougla, Mississippi (d. 2017)
