”How inappropriate to call this planet “Earth,” when it is clearly ‘Ocean.’”

— Arthur C. Clarke

BIRTHDAYS:

1582 Marco da Gagliano, Italian opera composer, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. “Per la gloriosissima Vergine”, and “La Dafne” Apollo’s first scene

1855 Cecilia Beaux, American portrait painter.

1874 Romaine Brooks [Beatrice Romaine Goddard], American painter.

1923 Joseph Heller, American novelist (Catch-22).

MISCELLANEOUS:

“THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST…”. Communism Killed Over 100 Million.

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza (2006)

Great Barrington declaration (2020)