THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done. Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.”

— Bruce Lee

BIRTHDAYS:

1544 Ascanio Trombetti [Cavallari], Italian cornetist, composer, and maestro di cappella (San Giovanni de Monti, 1583-1591), baptized in Bologna, Papal States. Timete Dominum [a6]

1569 Ottavio Vernizzi, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States. O Felsinae decus (a 2 voci), and O Domine Jesu Christe

1602 Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Italian Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun, born in Milan, Habsburg Spain. Bone Jesu, fons amoris, and O Maria tu dulcis

1857 Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist whose pioneering experiments on reflexes and the integrative functions of the nervous system established foundational principles of neuroscience.

1907 L. Sprague de Camp, American sci-fi author.

1930 Vladimir Maksimov, Russian writer and dissident, born in Moscow, Soviet Union

1940 Bruce Lee, Hong Kong-American martial artist, actor, film director, and philosopher.

MISCELLANEOUS:

WHAT THEY FAILED TO TELL YOU. How Communism Almost Ruined The First Thanksgiving

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