THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”

— Albert Einstein

BIRTHDAYS:

1596 Nicolo Amati, Italian luthier renowned for his mastery in crafting violins, violas, and cellos during the 17th century in Cremona, establishing the Amati family as a cornerstone of the Cremonese school of violin making.

1729 Antonio Soler, Spanish composer, organist, harpsichordist, and music theorist whose works bridged the late Baroque and early Classical eras, renowned for his innovative keyboard sonatas that incorporated Spanish rhythms and influenced the harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ repertoire. Fandango, and Fandango L’Arpeggiata

1755 Gilbert Stuart, American portrait painter.

1616 John Wallis, English mathematician, cryptographer, and divine who held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1649 until his death, becoming the most influential English mathematician prior to Isaac Newton.

1924 John Backus, American computer scientist and inventor (FORTRAN computer language)

MISCELLANEOUS:

WHAT ARE THE ODDS? Struck by a cosmic ray: Galactic particles may have forced a passenger jet to make an emergency landing

REMINDER:

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