epicurean adjective: Devoted to refined sensual pleasure, especially fine food and comfortable living. noun: A person with such tastes; an epicure.
☰Thought of the Day
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!" - Oscar Wilde, from The Importance of Being Earnest
- Hamilton Smith patents rotary washing machine in Pittsburgh
- The British military occupation ends in Iraq
- Guided tours of the former prison at Alcatraz by the National Park Service begin
- Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat named joint winners of 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
- Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.
- Stefano Golinelli, Italian pianist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1891)
- Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German electronic and ambient music composer, keyboardist, and synthesizer player (Cluster; Harmonia), born in Berlin, Germany
- Marshall Colt, American actor (Eric-Lottery), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Katja Riipi, Finnish ice hockey left wing (Olympics bronze 1998), born in Sodankylä, Finland
- Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer, born in Reșița, Romania