THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”

— Oscar Wilde

BIRTHDAYS:

1679 Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer, born in Louňovice, Lands of the Bohemian Crown. Adagio ma non troppo from Sonata ZWV 181:1

1758 Noah Webster, American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and author. He has been called the “Father of American Scholarship and Education”.

1827 Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter.

1854 Oscar Wilde, Irish author, poet and playwright.

MISCELLANEOUS:

AND MACH 10 IS COMING. US Deploying 1700 Mile Range Hypersonic Missiles

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