THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“We don’t apologize for a joke. We are comics. We are here to make you laugh. If you don’t get it, then don’t watch us.”

— Joan Rivers

BIRTHDAYS:

1585 Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter, specialized in winter landscapes.

1679 Jean-François de Troy, French painter (Rococo style)

1756 Mozart, Austrian composer, widely recognized as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. Symphony nº 41 “Jupiter” (41:15)

1832 Lewis Carroll, English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon.

1841 Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian landscape painter.

1850 John Collier, English painter.

1885 Jerome Kern, American composer of musical theatre and popular music. All the Things You Are.

1936 Barry C. Barish, American Physicist (Nobel Prize 2017, gravitational waves).

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