THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.”

— Marx

BIRTHDAYS:

1809 Anton Emil Titl, Austrian composer. Serenade

1869 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule.

1890 Groucho Marx, American comedian, actor, writer, and singer who performed in films and vaudeville on television, radio, and the stage.

1901 Charles Stark “Doc” Draper, American Scientist and Engineer who headed the team that invented the Apollo Guidance Computer and inertial navigation technology for aircraft, space vehicles, and submarines.

1904 Graham Greene, English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.

1933 John B. Gurdon, British developmental biologist, best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning.

1944 Vernor [Steffen] Vinge, American sci-fi author.

MISCELLANEOUS:

COMMUNISTS, SOCIALISTS AND NAZIS ARE SAD TODAY. Israel’s ceasefire plan

HERE’S SOME 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.