Picture of the Day and B'days for Sept. 4

Posted September 3, 2008, 8:29 pm

Today is Thursday, Sept. 4, the 248th day of 2008. There are 118 days left in the year.

On Sept 4, 1967: A Detroit TV station aired an interview with Michigan Gov. George Romney in which the Republican presidential hopeful attributed his previous support for the war in Vietnam to a "brainwashing" he received from U.S. officials during a 1965 visit - a comment that damaged his White House bid.

Today's Birthdays: Radio personality Paul Harvey is 90. (That's Harvey's photo to the right) Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 77. Actress Jennifer Salt ("Soap") is 64. Actress Khandi Alexander ("ER," "NewsRadio") is 51. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 48. Guitarist Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) is 48.

Picture of the Day: The beautiful and sacred Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan. Also called Tiger Nest, the monastery clings precariously to a sheer granite cliff 9,000 feet above Paro Valley. Legend has it that Guru Rinpoche flew over the Himalayas from Tibet in the 7th century on the back of a tigress. He then mediated in a cave there for three months where the monastery was later built. The cave is said to be the origin of Buddhism in Bhutan.