THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

— George Bernard Shaw

BIRTHDAYS:

1452 Ludovico Sforza, Italian nobleman, and patron of artists and writers, who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.

1502 Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer, born in Florence, Florentine Republic. Fammi pur guerr’ amor, and “La Passione secondo Matteo”

1734 Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, born in Prevoje pri Šentvidu, Venetian Slovenia. Regina caeli

1781 Mauro Giuliani, Italian musician and composer, born in Bisceglie, Kingdom of Sicily. Grande Ouverture Op. 61

1849 John Hopkinson, British physicist and electrical engineer (Hopkinson’s Law).

1852 Edward Onslow Ford, English sculptor.

1877 Ernst von Dohnányi [Dohnányi Ernő], Hungarian composer and conductor, born in Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary. Serenade in C Major, Opus 10, and Rhapsody in F sharp minor Op.11 no.2

1994 Boyan Slat, Dutch inventor, environmentalist, and entrepreneur (The Ocean Cleanup).

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION CALIFORNIANS. Tesla Robotaxi Expands to San Francisco This Weekend

BORED? CHECK THIS OUT. Open Culture

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)