THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The Constitution only guarantees you the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”

— Benjamin Franklin

BIRTHDAYS:

1644 Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco, Spanish organist, composer. A Este Sol Peregrino

1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French Baroque composer. Sonata à 4 in E Minor, Op. 34 No. 3

245 Zenobia, queen regent of the Palmyrene Empire who assumed de facto control following the assassination of her husband, Odaenathus, in 267 AD, ruling on behalf of her young son Vaballathus.

1732 Richard Arkwright, English inventor, entrepreneur, and industrialist renowned for developing the water frame, a water-powered spinning machine patented in 1769 that produced strong cotton yarn suitable for warp threads in weaving.

1867 Madam C. J. Walker, American businesswoman who rose from poverty to establish a manufacturing company producing hair care and beauty products specifically for African American women, achieving recognition as one of the first self-made female millionaires in the United States.

1922 Mary Jane Rathbun, an American activist who baked and distributed cannabis-infused brownies to individuals suffering from AIDS, cancer, and other debilitating conditions to relieve symptoms such as pain, nausea, and appetite loss during a time when federal law criminalized such medical applications.

MISCELLANEOUS:

LEAD SHIELDING? Outside Earth’s protection, space travellers will be routinely exposed.

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