THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“The rule of law does not mean the rule by law.”

― Neil Gorsuch

BIRTHDAYS:

865 Rhazes [Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī], Persian physician, philosopher, and writer.

1476 Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter and calligrapher (Kanō school of painting)

1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

1754 Peter Winter, German composer, born in Mannhein, Electorate of the Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire. Das Labyrinth Overture

1833 Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer

1841 Louis Le Prince, French artist and the inventor of an early motion-picture camera, and director of Roundhay Garden Scene.

1853 Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer and inventor.

1919 Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor (CT scan, 1979 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)

1925 Donald O’Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin’ in the Rain)

1957 Ai Weiwei, Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist known for his bold commentary on social and political issues.

MISCELLANEOUS:

HERE’S A LITTLE RECREATIONAL READING FOR THE NEXT LOCKDOWN:

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.