THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

― Neil Armstrong

BIRTHDAYS:

356 BC Alexander III of Macedon, a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon.

1600 Simon Ives, English organist, lyra-violist, and court composer (King Charles I). Duo for two viols, and Now we are Met, and Thou Queen of Souls

1659 Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter.

1822 Gregor Mendel, Austrian-Czech biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas’ Abbey in Brno (Brünn), Margraviate of Moravia, and founder of the modern science of genetics.

1847 Max Liebermann, German impressionist painter and print maker.

1900 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian-American economist (international trade), born in Purkersdorf, Austria-Hungary.

1919 Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.

1924 Robert D. Maurer, American scientist and co-inventor of optical fiber.

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