Lao Tzu Laozi

(Chinese: also Lao Tse, Lao Tu, Lao-Tzu, Lao-Tsu, Laotze, Lao Zi, Laocius, and other variations) was a philosopher of ancient China, and is a central figure in Taoism (also spelled “Daoism”). Laozi literally means “old master”, and is generally considered honorific. Laozi is revered as a deity in most religious forms of Taoism

Charles Monroe Schulz

(November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.

Don Miguel Ángel Ruiz

(born 1952), better known as Don Miguel Ruiz, is a Mexican author of Toltec spiritualist and neoshamanistic texts.His work is part of the New Age movement that focuses on ancient teachings as a means to achieve spiritual enlightenment…Source

Sigourney Weaver

Did you know... 
... that today, besides being Columbus Day in the U.S., is the birthday of Sigourney Weaver (1949)? Sigourney Weaver is an American actress best known for her role as Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series. Trivia fans: Born Susan Alexandra Weaver, she began using the name "Sigourney Weaver" in 1963 after a minor character (Sigourney Howard) in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. Happy birthday, Sigourney! 

Tony Braxton, Yo-Yo Ma, John Mellencamp

Did you know... 
... that today is the birthday of Toni Braxton, singer (1967); Yo-Yo Ma, cello virtuoso (1955); and John Mellencamp, musician (1951). With a variety of musical talents like these three, we're sure you can find any type of music to celebrate their special day. Happy birthday, Toni, Yo-Yo, and John! 

William Henry Smyth (1788-1865)

British naval officer and astronomer who asked astronomers to observe double star systems to determine the origin of differing star colors.

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Abbe Moigno (1804-1884)

Physicist, mathematician, writer, and science popuizer who published Repertoire d'Optique Moderne in 1850.

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William Allen Miller (1817-1870)

British chemist and astronomer who worked with Huggins to study the effect of a stars composition on its spectrum (in the form of absorption, or dark, lines).

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James Clark Maxwell (1831-1879)

Prolific Scottish physicist and mathematician known for Maxwell's equations of electromagetism, the Maxwell-Boltzmann probability distribution and many other concepts.

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Norman Lockyer (1836-1920)

British astronomer credited with discovering helium; he founded and edited the journal Nature after working as science editor of The Reader.

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Sidney Bolton Kincaid (1849-1898)

Designed a Metrochome apparatus which allowed astronomers to reproduce the color of stars and derive their composition.

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Armand Hoppolyte Louis Fizeau (1819-1896)

French physicist known for his calculation of the speed of light (to within 5 percent accuracy); he discovered independently that the Doppler effect applied to electromagnetic waves.

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Christian Doppler (1803-1853)

Austrian mathematician and physicist, best known for the Doppler principle relating wavelength (frequency) to motion.

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Christoph Hendrik Diedrik Buijs-Ballot (1817-1890)

Dutch meteorologist who tested Doppler's principle using musicians and a moving train.

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George Airy (1801-1892)

British astronomer and mathematician who served as the seventh Astronomer Royal and defined the prime meridian at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, which he also directed.

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Groucho Marx

Did you know... 
... that October 2 is Eyebrow Day? Celebrate Groucho Marx's birthday (1890) by trimming your eyebrows. Or not! Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx was an American comedian and film and television star. He is known as a master of quick wit and widely considered one of the best comedians of the modern era. 

Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank

(12 June 1929 – ? March 1945) (aged 15) One of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary (which documents her experiences hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II) has become one of the world’s most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films…

Michael Jeffrey Jordan

(February 17, 1963) A former American professional basketball player, active businessman, and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.”

Harry Blackstone, Sr.

Did you know...
... that September 27 is the birthday of Harry Blackstone, Sr. (1885)? A famous magician and illusionist of the 20th century, Blackstone began his career as a magician in his teens and was popular through World War II as a USO entertainer. He was often billed as The Great Blackstone. His son Harry Blackstone, Jr. also became a famous magician. Celebrate by learning about magic today!

Rocky Marciano

Did you know...
... that today is Rocky Marciano Day? On this day in 1952, Rocky Marciano knocked out world heavyweight champion Jersey Joe Walcott in the 13th round and went on to be the only heavyweight champion in boxing history to retire without a defeat or draw as a professional boxer.

Yogi Berra

Do you know who Yogi Berra was?  A giant in baseball history as well as in life.  From a catcher to a manager, Yogi Berra made his mark on the sport.  How do you get to be so good?  You have to set goals and then create your plan to act on.

Life is more than baseball and Yogi Berra embraced that change.  Read more about his life and you may become inspired.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Berra#Personal_life

As you go through the day, why not review your own goals?  Or set some more?  

If you didn't have any goals maybe you will make some now.

Here's to you and a great day ahead! 

Let's take it up a notch - live large with no regrets!

Maya Angelou

"Angelou" redirects here. For the English folk rock band, see Angelou (band).

Maya Angelou (/ˈændʒəloʊ/ ( listen);^[1][2]born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American poet, singer, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.^[3] Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
Maya Angelou

Angelou reciting her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, January 20, 1993

BornMarguerite Annie Johnson
April 4, 1928
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.DiedMay 28, 2014(aged 86)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.Occupation

Writer

 

poet

 

civil rights activist

Period1951–2014Subject

Memoir

 

poetry

Notable works

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

"On the Pulse of Morning"

Spouses

Tosh Angelos
(m. 1951; div. 1954)

Paul du Feu
(m. 1974; div. 1983)

Children1Websitewww.mayaangelou.com
She became a poet and writer after a series of occupations as a young adult, including fry cook, sex worker, nightclub dancer and performer, cast member of the opera Porgy and Bess, coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and journalist in Egypt and Ghana during the decolonization of Africa. She was an actor, writer, director, and producer of plays, movies, and public television programs. In 1982, she was named the first Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was active in the Civil Rights Movement and worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Beginning in the 1990s, she made around 80 appearances a year on the lecture circuit, something she continued into her eighties. In 1993, Angelou recited her poem "On the Pulse of Morning" (1993) at President Bill Clinton's inauguration, making her the first poet to make an inaugural recitation since Robert Frost at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.
With the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou publicly discussed aspects of her personal life. She was respected as a spokesperson for black people and women, and her works have been considered a defense of black culture. Her works are widely used in schools and universities worldwide, although attempts have been made to ban her books from some U.S. libraries. Angelou's most celebrated works have been labeled as autobiographical fiction, but many critics consider them to be autobiographies. She made a deliberate attempt to challenge the common structure of the autobiography by critiquing, changing and expanding the genre. Her books center on themes such as racism, identity, family and travel.

Robin S. Sharma

He is a Canadian author, inspiring speaker, leadership expert and a former Litigation lawyer.

Oprah Gail Winfrey

(January 29, 1954) An American television host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, best known for her self-titled, multi-award winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history.

Ernest Miller Hemingway

(July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) American writer and journalist. His distinctive writing style, characterized by economy and understatement, influenced 20th-century fiction, as did his life of adventure and public image. He produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and his career peaked in 1954 when he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Keanu Reeves

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Keanu Reeves (1964)? Keanu Reeves, whose first name means "cool breeze over the mountains" in Hawaiian, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1964. Happy birthday, Keanu!

Albert Einstein

(14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and the most influential physicist of the 20th century

Christopher Robin

Did you know...
... that August 21 is Christopher Robin's Birthday? The model for the human hero of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, Christopher Robin Milne, was born in London, England, on this day in 1920. His father, A.A. Milne, wrote the Winnie-the-Pooh books. Read a classic today!

Mandy Hale

She is a blogger, speaker and author of the book The Single Woman.

Aretha Louise Franklin

(March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer and pianist. She began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father, C. L. Franklin, was minister. By the end of the 1960s she was being called “The Queen of Soul”.

Rosalynn Carter

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Rosalynn Carter (1927). Rosalynn Carter (born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith) is the wife of the former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and served as the First Lady from 1977 to 1981. She has been a leading advocate for numerous causes, perhaps most prominently for mental health research. Have a wonderful day, Rosalynn!

Bruce Lee

(born Lee Jun-fan) (November 1940 – 20 July 1973) was a Hong Kong American martial artist, Hong Kong action film actor, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do, he is widely considered by commentators, critics, media and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time, and a pop culture icon of the 20th century

Ralph Waldo Emerson

(May 25, 1803  – April 27, 1882) was an American philosopher, lecturer, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thought through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

Martha Stewart

Did you know...
... that today is It's a Good Thing Day? Martha Stewart (1941) celebrates her birthday today! Martha Stewart is an American business magnate, author, magazine publisher, and television personality. Happy birthday, Martha!

Thomas Jefferson

(April 13 1743 – July 4, 1826 (aged 83) The third President of the United States (1801–1809), and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers. To date, Jefferson is the only president to serve two full terms in office without vetoing a single bill of Congress. Jefferson has been consistently ranked by scholars as one of the greatest of U.S. presidents.

Harry Potter

Did you know...
... that today is Harry Potter's Birthday? The boy wizard Harry James Potter was born on July 31, 1980, to James and Lily Potter (the same birthday as the author, J.K. Rowling, born in 1965). Trivia fans: The HP books have been translated into over 62 languages!

Don Knotts

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Don Knotts (1924)? Jesse Donald Knotts was an American comedic actor best known for his portrayal of the high-strung, small-town deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and the leisure-suit-clad landlord Ralph Furley on Three's Company. In 1996, TV Guide ranked him number 27 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. And he was!

Carl Edward Sagan

 (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences

Theodor Seuss Geisel

(March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) American writer & cartoonist known for his children’s books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone. He published 44 children’s books, including the bestselling Green Eggs & Ham, The Cat in the Hat, & How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (1912)? Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. His best-known song was This Land Is Your Land. Trivia buffs: Songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Joe Strummer and Tom Paxton have acknowledged their debt to Guthrie as an influence.

Emanuel James “Jim” Rohn

 (September 17, 1930 – December 5, 2009) An American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker. His rags to riches story played a large part in his work, which influenced others in the personal development industry…Source

Fred McFeely Rogers

(March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author, and television host. Rogers was most famous for creating and hosting Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (1968–2001), which featured his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to his audiences.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 (1 BC-65 AD) Often known simply as Seneca. A Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor & later adviser to emperor Nero. He was later forced to commit suicide for complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate this last of the Julio-Claudian emperors; however, he may have been innocent. 

Dave Barry

Did you know...
... that July 3 is the birthday of Dave Barry (1947)? Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.

Mohammed

He was a religious, political, and military leader from Mecca who unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam. He is believed by Muslims and Bahá’ís to be a messenger and prophet of God. Muhammad is almost universally considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God for mankind.

George Orson Welles

(May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer and producer who worked in theater, radio and film. He is best remembered for his innovative work in all three media, most notably Caesar (1937), a groundbreaking Broadway adaptation of Julius Caesar and the debut of the Mercury Theatre; The War of the Worlds (1938), one of the most famous broadcasts in the history of radio; and Citizen Kane (1941)

Steven Paul Jobs

(February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder, chairman, & CEO of Apple Inc. Jobs also co-founded & served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006… Pixar

Hanabiko “Koko”

(July 4, 1971 – June 19, 2018) was a female western lowland gorilla who was known for having learned a large number of hand signs from a modified version of American Sign Language (ASL)

Tasmanian Devil

Did you know...
... that June 19th is the Tasmanian Devil's Birthday? Taz celebrated his birthday on this day in 1954 with the release of Devil May Hare. Taz is generally portrayed as a dim-witted carnivore with a notoriously short temper and little patience. He will eat anything and everything, with an appetite that seems to know no bounds. Celebrate by spinning around in circles until you get dizzy! :-)

Pope John Paul II

born Karol Józef Wojty?a was pope of the Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 until his death on 2 April 2005

Barry Manilow

On the birthday of Barry Manilow, singer and songwriter, sing out a little song! Manilow was born on June 17, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. Happy birthday, Barry!

Stephen Richards Covey

(October 24, 1932 – July 16, 2012) was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Harvey Mackay

(born 1932) is a businessman, author and syndicated columnist with Universal Uclick. His weekly column gives career and inspirational advice and is featured in over 100 newspapers. Mackay has authored seven New York Times bestselling books, including three number one bestsellers. He is also a member of the National Speakers Association Council of Peers Award for Excellence Hall of Fame.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

(18 July 1918 – December 5, 2013) President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1962 he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and other charges, and sentenced to life in prison, he served 27 years. Following his release from prison on 11 February 1990, Mandela led his party in the negotiations that led to multi-racial democracy in 1994. As president, he frequently gave priority to reconciliation, while introducing policies aimed at combating poverty and inequality in South Africa

Albert Camus

(7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) An African-born French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. Awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize for Literature, the second youngest, after Rudyard Kipling

Tony Robbins

(born Anthony J. Mahavorick February 29, 1960) is an American life coach and self-help author

Barry Bailey

Did you know...
... that June 12 is the birthday of  Barry Bailey of Atlantic Rhythm Section (1948); E Carlos of Cheap Trick (1951); Brad Delp of Boston (1951); and Pete Farndon of Pretenders (1952). Celebrate by rocking out with your favorite bands!

Gene Wilder

Did you know...
... that June 11 was the birthday of Gene Wilder (1935)? Jerome Silberman, known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Thanks for the wonderful memories, Gene!

Earl Nightingale

(March 12, 1921 – March 28, 1989) was an American motivational speaker and author, known as the “Dean of Personal Development.” He was the voice in the early 1950s of Sky King, the hero of a radio adventure series, and was a WGN radio show host from 1950 to 1956.

Barack Hussein Obama II

 (born August 4, 1961) was the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review.
He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004.

William Penn Adair

 (Will Rogers) ( November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) (aged 55) An American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. Known as Oklahoma’s favorite son.

John Wayne

Did you know...
... that today is the Birthday of John Wayne (1907)? Born Marion Morrison, John 'Duke' Wayne was among the top box office draws for over three decades. An enduring American icon, he epitomized rugged masculinity and is famous for his distinctive calm voice, walk, and height. Thanks for the memories, Duke!

Olga Korbut

Did you know...
... that May 16 is the birthday of Olga Korbut (1955)? Olga Valentinovna Korbut is a former Belarusian gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the Soviet team. Happy birthday, Olga!

William Arthur Ward

(1921–March 30, 1994), author of Fountains of Faith, is one of America’s most quoted writers of inspirational maxims. More than 100 articles, poems and meditations written by Ward have been published in such magazines as Reader’s Digest, This Week, The Upper Room

Chuck Norris

Did you know...
... that May 10th is the birthday of Chuck Norris (1940)? Trivia fans alike may all know that actor and martial artist Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door, he invented Texas, and last but not least, some people wear Superman pajamas but Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas. ;-)

Calamity Jane

Did you know...
... that today is Calamity Jane's Birthday (1852)? Martha Jane Cannary Burke, better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman and professional scout. She later performed in Wild Bill Hickok's Wild West shows, immortalizing her as one of the more colorful characters of the West.

Ulysses S. Grant

the 18th President of the United States, was born April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant also served as Commanding General of the Army during the American Civil War, the highest position in the military.

Charles Richter

Did you know...
... that today is National Richter Scale Day? Today, we honor American seismologist and physicist Charles Richter, born near Hamilton, Ohio, on this date in 1900. Richter is most famous as the creator of the Richter magnitude scale that, until the development of the moment magnitude scale in 1979, quantified the size of earthquakes.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

(10-11-1884 – 11-7-1962) First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights.

Benjamin Franklin

(January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

Ponce de Leon

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Ponce de Leon (1460)? Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to Florida. He named it La Florida in recognition of the verdant landscape and because it was the Easter season, which the Spaniards called Pascua Florida (Festival of Flowers).

Vandana Shiva

(born 5 November 1952) is an Indian environmental activist and anti-globalization author

Ernest Borgnine

(January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but calm voice, Machiavellian eyebrows, and gap-toothed Cheshire cat grin.

Douglas Adams

(11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a “trilogy” of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film.

Steve Jobs

Did you know...
... that today is the birthday of Apple Computer? In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer out of a garage. Their first product was the Apple I computer kit, built by hand by Steve Wozniak. Happy birthday, Apple!

Vandana Shiva

(born 5 November 1952) is an Indian environmental activist and anti-globalization author.

Bob Marley

Nesta Robert Marley  (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) a Jamaican singer-songwriter. With the group the Wailers he achieved international fame through a series of crossover reggae albums, a committed Rastafarian who infused his music with a profound sense of spirituality.

Stephen William Hawking

CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

Stephen Hawking’

Future Society Stephen Hawking’s Most Dire Predictions for the Future

by Alexandra Ossola on March 14, 201819897

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Stephen Hawking was a brilliant astrophysicist who inspired and awed. He pushed our understanding of, curiosity about, and excitement for the universe around us. He made us laugh. He made us curious. He made us imagine.

He also, at times, made us afraid.

Hawking, who died this morning at the age of 76 after 52 years of living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease), will leave behind a deeply important legacy. But his paranoia about the future of humanity, especially in his later years, may prove to be one of the most lasting (and pertinent) aspects of that legacy.

These are a few of his most dire predictions:

AI Takeover

“The genie is out of the bottle. We need to move forward on artificial intelligence development but we also need to be mindful of its very real dangers,” Hawking said last year in a Q&A with WIRED. “I fear that AI may replace humans altogether. If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that replicates itself. This will be a new form of life that will outperform humans.”

As AI permeates more of our daily lives, Hawking isn’t the only one to fear a robot takeover.

But there are other threats.

Self-Destruction

“Our earth is becoming too small for us, global population is increasing at an alarming rate and we are in danger of self-destructing… I would not be optimistic about the long-term outlook for our species.”

Hawking said this in 2016 at an event at Cambridge University, attesting his pessimism in part to the recent referendum for the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union. In a 2017 documentary, he said humanity has just a century left on Earth, down from the 1,000 years he predicted the year before.

That’s in part because of climate change and environmental destruction that, he feared, may make the Earth uninhabitable. Since he became president, Donald Trump had become a favorite target of Hawking’s:

“We are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. Trump’s action [pulling out of the Paris Agreement] could push the Earth over the brink, to become like Venus, with a temperature of two hundred and fifty degrees, and raining sulphuric acid,” Hawking told BBC News.

“Climate change is one of the great dangers we face, and it’s one we can prevent if we act now. By denying the evidence for climate change, and pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, Donald Trump will cause avoidable environmental damage to our beautiful planet, endangering the natural world, for us and our children.”

Fortunately, though, he sees a solution.

Planetary Colonization

“If humanity is to continue for another million years, our future lies in boldly going where no one else has gone before,” Hawking said at a festival in Norway last year.

“We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds. It is time to explore other solar systems,” he continued. “Spreading out may be the only thing that saves us from ourselves. I am convinced that humans need to leave Earth.”

“I hope it would unite competitive nations in a single goal, to face the common challenge for us all… A new and ambitious space program would excite [young people], and stimulate interest in other areas, such as astrophysics and cosmology.”

He laid out a fairly comprehensive series of benchmarks: nations should send astronauts to the Moon by 2020 (and set up a lunar base in the next 30 years). And we should get to Mars by 2025.

If Hawking is even remotely right, Musk had better hop to it.

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman

( born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre and films. His notable works include the comic book series The Sandman and novels Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book.

Bob Marley

Nesta Robert Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) a Jamaican singer-songwriter. With the group the Wailers he achieved international fame through a series of crossover reggae albums, a committed Rastafarian who infused his music with a profound sense of spirituality

Bill Heavey

He is an editor at large for Field & Stream, where he has written since 1993. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Men’s Journal, Outside, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Best American Magazine Writing.

Rebecca Campbell

She is a celebrated spiritual teacher and the bestselling author of two books Light Is The New Black and Rise Sister Rise.

Sophia Magdalena Scholl

(9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a member of the White Rose non-violent resistance movement during the Nazi regime in Germany. She was arrested on 18 February 1943, convicted of treason four days later, and executed by guillotine a few hours after that.

Barack Hussein Obama II

 (born August 4, 1961) was the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Law Review.

He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. 

William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr., KBE

(November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018) was an American evangelical Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 reaching a core constituency of middle-class, moderately conservative Protestants. He held large indoor and outdoor rallies; sermons were broadcast on radio and television, some still being re-broadcast today.

Asma Jilani Jahangir

(27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. She was widely known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers’ Movement and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and as a trustee at the International Crisis Group.

Amelia Mary Earhart

 (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author.Earhart was the first aviatrix (female pilot) to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.During an attempt to make a circumnavigation flight of the globe in 1937 Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.

Carole King

Did you know...
... that today is the Birthday of Carole King (1942)? An American composer and singer-songwriter, Carole King is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the USA, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 and 1999. Happy birthday, Carole!

Theodore Roosevelt

 (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) 26th President United States,(09/14/1901 – 03/4/1909.) Remembered for his energetic personality, range of interests & achievements, model of masculinity, & his “cowboy” image. A leader of the Progressive Movement & the Republican Party

Mary Hunter Austin

(September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903) describes the fauna, flora and people – as well as evoking the mysticism and spirituality – of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California.

The Lakota

natively known as the Lak?óta (pronounced [la?k?ota]), also known as Teton, and Teton Sioux. They speak the Lakota language, the westernmost of the three closely related languages that belong to the Siouan language family, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota. According to some historical sources the Lakota were at one point in their history part of a confederation of seven related Sioux tribes, the O?héthi Šakówi? or Seven Council Fires, and as such are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains of North America.

Annie Leonard

She is a tireless fighter for the environment and a longtime leader in the movement to change the way we make, use, and throw away Stuff

Joseph Patrick Kennedy III

(born October 4, 1980) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’s 4th congressional district since 2013.

Oprah Winfrey

Did you know...
... that today is the Birthday of Oprah Winfrey (1954)? Oprah Winfrey, an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist, is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history. Trivia fans: Winfrey was named "Orpah" on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and "Oprah" stuck.

Basil of Caesarea

also called Saint Basil the Great, ( 330 AD – January 1, 379 AD) was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor.

Colin Luther Powell

( April 5, 1937) is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. Serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, he was the 65th United States Secretary of State and the first African American to serve in that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Adviser (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Gulf War.

Robert Holden

(born 1965) is a British psychologist, author, and broadcaster, who works in the field of positive psychology and well-being, and is considered “Britain’s foremost expert on happiness”.He is the founder of the “Happiness Project”, which runs an eight-week course annually, called “Happiness Now”,and the author of 10 best-selling books such as, Happiness NOW!, Be Happy, Success Intelligence and Shift Happens!…

Jane Morris Goodall

(April 3, 1934) British primatologist & UN Messenger of Peace, best known for her 45-year study of social & family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues.

Martin Luther King Jr.

(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) (aged 39) An American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement. His main legacy is securing progress on civil rights in the United States. Because of this work, he has become a human rights icon. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

Peter Mark Roget

Did you know...
... that today is Thesaurus Day? Peter Mark Roget, author of Roget's Thesaurus, was born on this day in 1779. Celebrate his birthday today by checking out your trusty thesaurus (OK, go online if you don't have one!), learn some new words, and stretch your vocabulary!

Mother Teresa

(26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997) (Age 87) Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India in 1950. Following her death she was beatified by Pope John Paul II and given the title Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Jeffry Lane Flake

(born December 31, 1962) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who since 2013 has served as the Junior United States Senator from Arizona. Due to his opposition to President Trump, Flake announced on October 24, 2017, that he would retire at the end of his current term instead of seeking re-election in 2018.

Brian Leslie Weiss

(born November 6, 1944) is an American psychiatrist, hypnotherapist, and author who specializes in past life regression. His research includes reincarnation, past life regression, future life progression, and survival of the human soul after death.

Helen Adams Keller

(June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) An American author, political activist, lecturer & the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. At 19 months old she contracted an illness, that left her deaf and blind. Keller wrote a total of 12 published books and several articles. She is remembered as an advocate for people with disabilities, amid numerous other causes.

Stephen Tyrone Colbert

(born May 13, 1964) is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits

Sri Chinmoy

Chinmoy Kumar Ghose, better known as Sri Chinmoy (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007), was an Indian spiritual leader who taught meditation in the West after moving to New York City in 1964.

Tony Robbins

(born Anthony J. Mahavorick February 29, 1960) is an American life coach and self-help author

Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks

 ( born 8 March 1948) is a British Orthodox rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and politician.

Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as “Maybellene” (1955), “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957) and “Johnny B. Goode” (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive. Writing lyrics that focused on teen life and consumerism, and developing a music style that included guitar solos and showmanship, Berry was a major influence on subsequent rock music