THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“In Europe, you say to your soldier, ‘Do this’ and he does it. But I am obliged to say to the American, ‘This is why you ought to do this,’ and then he does it.”

— Major General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

BIRTHDAYS:

1677 Stephen Hales, English physiologist, chemist and inventor (first person to measure blood pressure)

1711 Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire. Overture & Aria “Der glänzende Himmel” from Opera “Günther von Schwarzburg”

1730 Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-born army officer who played a leading role in the American Revolutionary War by reforming the Continental Army into a disciplined and professional fighting force.

1743 Marquis de Condorcet, French philosopher, political economist, politician, and mathematician.

1783 Samuel Prout, British water color painter.

1819 Leon Foucault, French physicist whose pendulum proved that the Earth rotates.

1901 Francis Chichester, British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.

MISCELLANEOUS:

I HOPE EVERYONE ESCAPED IN TIME. Doomed ‘cannibal’ star could soon explode in a supernova so bright it would be visible during the day

THIS HAD TO BE SAID. Conservative Wisconsin professor condemns university’s silence on Kirk assassination

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