THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

— Victor Frankl

BIRTHDAYS:

1458 Jacob Obrecht, Flemish-Dutch composer of motets and masses, born in Ghent, Burgundian Netherlands. Tandernaken

1690 François Colin de Blamont, French composer. Te Deum

1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer and son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64), born in Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Holy Roman Empire. Sinfonia in D minor F 65

1898 Wiley Post, American aviator during the interwar period and the first pilot to fly solo around the world. Known for his work in high-altitude flying, he helped develop one of the first pressure suits and discovered the jet stream.

1913 Benjamin Britten, English composer, conductor, and pianist. Hymn to St Cecilia

MISCELLANEOUS:

IN THE FUTURE, BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN AGAIN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT WANT TO REACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration