THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.”

— Elie Wiesel

BIRTHDAYS:

1646 Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Venetian philosopher of noble descent who in 1678 became one of the first women to receive an academic degree from a university and the first to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree.

1665 Nicolas Bernier, French composer. Le Caffé (19:14)

1900 Dennis Gabor, Hungarian-British physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1971 for his invention of holography.

1949 Ken Follett, Welsh author of thrillers and historical novels who has sold more than 195 million copies of his works.

MISCELLANEOUS:

IT TOOK THE MAYFLOWER 66 DAYS TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC. After more than 60 years of development, here is the nuclear engine that is set to go to Mars with NASA.

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)