THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.”

— Michael Faraday

BIRTHDAYS:

1733 Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, born in Eichstätt, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire. Sinfonia in sol min

1767 José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian classical composer. Abertura em Ré

1791 Michael Faraday, English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis.

MISCELLANEOUS:

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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