THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.”

― Adlai Stevenson

BIRTHDAYS:

1556 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutheran pastor, poet, composer and hymnodist, born in Mengeringhausen, Landgraviate of Hesse, Holy Roman Empire. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

1560 Hieronymus Praetorius, German choral composer, born in Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire. excerpt from Praetorius’ Seventh “Magnificat”, and excerpt from Praetorius’ Hymn “Veni redemptor gentium”, and Kyrie Martyrum

1814 Henri Nestlé, German-Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage company.

1856 Edward L. Doheny, American oil tycoon who, in 1892, drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field.

1865 Alexander Glazunov, Russian pianist, composer. Concert Waltz No. 2, Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 82 (20:35)

1858 Hugo Eckener, manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history.

MISCELLANY:

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RECOMMENDED READING BEFORE THE NEXT LOCKDOWN IS DECLARED:

IN 2006. Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code.