THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

”Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of whatever you’re doing is as valuable as gold.”

— Elon Musk

BIRTHDAYS:

1547 Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer, born in Lucca, Republic of Lucca. Canzona 1560, and Sinfonia à 6

1577 Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish Baroque painter (Circumcision)

1586 Paul Siefert, German composer and organist, born in Danzig, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Fantasia a 3, and Puer Natus

1604 Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), and poet, born in Lobenstein, Imperial County of Reuss, Holy Roman Empire. Jahrs Liedchen, and Rede einer verstorbenen Jungfraw auß dem Grabe

1902 Richard Rodgers, American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. The Hills Are Alive (The Sound of Music)

1909 Eric Ambler, English author of thrillers and spy novels (Epitaph for a Spy)

1926 Robert Ledley, American scientist (invented the CT scanner).

1940 Muhammad Yunus, Bangladeshi economist, entrepreneur, and civil society leader who has been serving as the Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh since 8 August 2024. Yunus pioneered the modern concept of microcredit and microfinance, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 as the first Bangladeshi. He is the founder of Grameen Bank.

1971 Elon Musk, African American businessman.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, June 27 – July 6

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 A HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)