THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“It is not enough to discover and prove a useful truth previously unknown, but that it is necessary also to be able to propagate it and get it recognized.”

— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

BIRTHDAYS:

10 BC Claudius, Roman emperor (first to be born outside Italy).

1685 Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States. Sonata I, and chaconne from lesson nr.6

1686 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), born in Venice, Republic of Venice. Ciaccona, and Sonata No. 1 (on Double Bass), and ‘Psalm 19’

1744 Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws.

1755 Antonio Capuzzi, Italian violinist and composer, born in Brescia, Republic of Venice. Rondo from Concerto for Double Bass, and Andante from “Andante and Rondo”

1819 Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, August 1 – 10

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)