THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

BIRTHDAYS:

1494 Pontormo, Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine School.

1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity.

1889 Igor Sikorsky, Russian–American aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

1889 Sverre Jordan, Norwegian composer, orchestra conductor and pianist. Sonatina Op. 61, and Stykker for Klaver (Piano pieces) Op. 29

1927 Robert Ludlum, American spy novelist.

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