THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“A world without love would be no world.”

— Goethe

BIRTHDAYS:

1684 Jean-Antoine Watteau, French Rococo painter.

1731 Henry Cavendish, England, physicist and chemist (discovered hydrogen).

1738 Benjamin West, Anglo-American painter.

1813 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer best known for his operas. Nabucco – Hebrew Slaves Chorus, and Triumphal March from Aida, and La Traviata: “Libiamo, ne’ lieti calici”, and Rigoletto – La Dona e mobile

1892 Earle Dickson, American inventor (Band-Aid).

1921 James Clavell, British and American writer, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell became a U.S. citizen in 1963 and was known for his admiration of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, which influenced his works.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION HERETICS. Without Books We Will Be Barbarians

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