THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The act of reaching into one’s own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else’s pocket is despicable.”

— Walter Williams

BIRTHDAYS:

1741 Jean-Paul-Égide Martini [Johann Paul Aegidius Martin], French composer (Plaisir d’amour), born in Freystadt, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire. Plaisir d’amour

1821 Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist, born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia.

1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (I Lituani; La Gioconda), born in Paderno, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire. Danse of Hours La gioconda

1870 Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education (the Montessori method) and her writing on scientific pedagogy.

1918 Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist and librettist. They call the Wind Maria

MISCELLANEOUS:

MORE REASONS TO SEND JUNO IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK. Interstellar 3I/Atlas Has Nickel Without Iron and Other Chemical Makeup that is Unlike Natural Objects in the Solar System`

IN THE FUTURE BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE) THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT ALSO WANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration