THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund.”

— Anthony Bourdain

BIRTHDAYS:

1600 Loreto Vittori, Italian composer and mezzo-soprano singer, baptized in Spoleto, Umbria, Papal States. Lungi dal mio bel Sole

1694 František Václav Míča, Moravian-Czech conductor and composer, born in Třebíč, Margraviate of Moravia, Holy Roman Empire. Bellezza e Decoro, Nel giorno natalizio – 2

1735 Johann Christian Bach (English Bach), German composer, 11th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Symphony in g minor Op. 6 No. 6 W.C12

1905 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British writer (The Act of Creation, Darkness at Noon).

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, September 5 – 14

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