THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

— Epicurus

BIRTHDAYS:

1675 Evaristo Felice dall’Abaco, Italian cellist and composer, born in Verona, Republic of Venice. Op. 5: No. 6 in D major, and Op. 5: No. 6 in D major, III. Ciaconna

1730 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist.

1817 Henry David Thoreau, American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.

1854 George Eastman, American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the first time.

1884 Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor.

1895 R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome).

1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years.

1917 Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter.

1933 Donald E. Westlake, American author.

MISCELLANEOUS:

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)