THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“To give a person an opinion one must first judge well whether that person is of the disposition to receive it or not.”

— Yamamoto Tsunetomo

BIRTHDAYS:

1599 Francesco Borromini, Italian sculptor and architect.

1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer. Les Cyclopes Rondeau, and Suite Dardanus – Tambourins I & II, and Les sauvages, “Forêts paisibles”, Les Indes galantes

1796 Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor.

1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. The Second Waltz, and Piano Concerto No 2: 2nd Movement Andante, and Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96

1930 Shel Silverstein, American writer and cartoonist

MISCELLANEOUS:

I’M TESTING THE HYPOTHESIS. Older adults can bounce back to thriving health, study finds

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