Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of its minorities." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (b. 1882-01-30, d. 1945-04-12; President of the United States 1933-03-04 to 1945-04-12), Letter to Walter Francis White, president of the NAACP, 1938-06-25

[Yeah, I know, the irony stings when we juxtapose the fine sentiment above with Executive Order 9066 less than four years later. :-( I think he was right in 1938 (FSVO 'long') despite being oh so very wrong in 1942.]

Today is
Gregorian: 2020 January 19 -- name day of Archbishop Makarios, in Cyprus
Julian: 2020 January 06 -- Epiphany or Theophany in Coptic & old-calendar Orthodox churches
Hebrew: 5780 Teveth 22
Islamic: 1441 Jumada I-Ula 23
Persian: 1398 Dey 29
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.7.3.6
Indian: 1941 Pausa 28
Coptic: 1736 Tobi 10
Byzantine: 7528 January 06 (if I've understood correctly)
Today is also the birthday of Janis Joplin (b. 1943-01-19, d. 1970-10-04)