THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“He only profits from praise who values criticism.”

— Heinrich Heine

BIRTHDAYS:

1397 Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer and theorist, born in Beersel, Burgundian Netherlands. Nuper Rosarum Flores

1607 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, German composer and court organist, born in Hagenau, Alsace. Holy Roman Empire. Sonata Sopra la Monica

1623 Antonio Cesti, Italian composer, singer and musician, baptized in Arezzo, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. “Piangente un dì, Fileno”, and Intorno all’idol mio, and Tu mancavi a tormentarmi

1694 Leonardo Leo, Italian composer, born in San Vito degli Schiavi, Kingdom of Naples. Toccata n 6

1850 Guy de Maupassant, 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story.

1906 Wassely Leontief, Russian American economist (Nobel 1973).

1930 Neil Armstrong, American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

1967 Reid Hoffman, American internet entrepreneur, venture capitalist, podcaster, and author.

MISCELLANEOUS:

DEFINITELY A GOOD CONTEST. Winners of Interstellar Generation Ship Design Contest

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)