David LaBonte, M.A.
Marriage Family Therapist
4930 Campus Drive
Newport Beach , CA 92660
Phone: (949) 400-2032
E-Mail: davidlabonte@therapeuticprocess.com
Inspirition - Quote of the Day
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Pope Paul VI
"Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will."
Today's Date In History
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Today in History for 10th October 2024
Oct 09, 2024
Historical Events
732 - Battle of Tours: Umayyad army led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi defeated by Frankish Aquitainian force led by Charles Martel during Umayyad invasion of Gaul
1982 - Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev Maximilian Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint
1994 - Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar
1995 - Robert E Lucas awarded Nobel Prize in economics
2003 - Shirin Ebadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, making her the 1st Iranian Muslim women to receive the prize
2018 - Hurricane Michael makes landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 hurricane with winds of 155 mph (250 km/h), going on to kill 27, having killed 15 in Central America
Famous Birthdays
1344 - Mary Plantagenet, English princess, daughter of Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, born in Waltham, Hampshire (d. 1362)
1847 - Gheorghe Dima, Romanian composer, born in Șcheii Brașovului, Romania (d. 1925)
1870 - Louise Mack, Australian poet and novelist, born in Hobart, Tasmania (d. 1935)
1887 - Rie Cramer, Dutch writer and illustrator, born in Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977)
1936 - Judith Chalmers, English TV hostess (Wish You Were Here), born in Stockport, Cheshire, England
1965 - Steve Scalise, American politician (Representative-R-Louisiana 2008-), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Famous Deaths
1797 - Carter Braxton, American plantation owner and signer of the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 61
1875 - Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (Prince Serebrenni), dies of morphine toxicity at 58
1939 - Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895)
1989 - Joe Techner, American jazz trumpeter (Elliot Lawrence Band - "Elevation"), dies at 63
1993 - Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52
2022 - Sergio Brighenti, Italian soccer forward (9 caps; Modena, Internazionale, Triestina, Padova, Sampdoria), dies at 90