THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence. Certain commodities came to be money quite naturally, as the result of economic relationships that were independent of the power of the state.”

— Carl Menger

BIRTHDAYS:

1633 Samuel Pepys, English writer and Tory politician. He served as an official in the Navy Board and Member of Parliament, but is most remembered today for the diary he kept for almost a decade.

1649 John Blow, English organist, composer (Venus & Adonis), and Master of the Choristers (St Paul’s Cathedral). Ground

1685 George Frideric Handel, German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV351

1744 Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German-Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty.

1817 George Frederic Watts, British painter and sculptor of the Symbolist movement.

1840 Carl Menger, Austrian economist (marginal utility theory, subjective theory of value), born in Neu-Sandez in Galicia, Austrian Empire.

1863 Franz Stuck, German painter.

1904 William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian.

1965 Michael Dell, American billionaire businessman and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world’s largest technology infrastructure companies.

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