THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government– in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.”

— Milton Friedman

BIRTHDAYS:

1696 Johann Melchior Molter, German composer, born in Tiefenort, Thuringia, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. Concerto Pastorale

1702 Jean-Pierre Guignon [Giovanni Pietro Ghignone], Italian-French violinist and composer, born in Turin, Duchy of Savoy. La Furstemberg

1795 Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French Romantic painter, etcher and sculptor.

1898 Bertolt Brecht, German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.

1890 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, composer, and literary translator.

1902 Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and William Shockley for their invention of the point-contact transistor.

1927 Leontyne Price, American spinto soprano who was the first African-American soprano to receive international acclaim.

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