THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“Not being heard is no reason for silence.”

— Victor Hugo

BIRTHDAYS:

1564 Christopher Marlowe, English poet and dramatist (Dr Faustus).

1587 Stefano Landi, Italian opera composer (Il Sant’Alessio), and teacher, born in Rome, Papal States. Passacaglia della Vita, and A che più l’arco tendere

1675 Johann Philipp Treiber, German composer, born in Arnstadt, Electorate of Saxony. Holy Roman Empire. Giacona

1799 Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist who designed steam locomotives.

1802 Victor Hugo, French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, and politician.

1808 Honoré Daumier, French caricaturist painter, and sculptor, born in Marseilles France.

1829 Levi Strauss, German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans.

1918 Theodore Sturgeon, American sci-fi author.

1969 Wang Dan, leader of the Chinese democracy movement and was one of the most visible student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

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