THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The argument for liberty is not an argument against organization, which is one of the most powerful tools human reason can employ, but an argument against all exclusive, privileged, monopolistic organization, against the use of coercion to prevent others from doing better.”

— Friedrich August von Hayek

BIRTHDAYS:

1766 Jacob Perkins, American inventor (father of the refrigerator).

1802 Thomas Davenport, American inventor (invented 1st commercial electric motor).

1819 Elias Howe, American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.

1839 Carl Baermann, German composer. Sentimental Variations.

1945 Dean Koontz, American sci-fi author.

1971 Marc Andreessen, American software developer, co-author of Mosaic, co-owner of Netscape.

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Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)