THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“This is my doctrine: Give every other human being every right you claim for yourself.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

BIRTHDAYS:

1822 Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Italian composer, born in Bergamo, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. Austrian Empire. Serenata for 2 Cellos and Piano

1824 Wilkie Collins, English writer (Woman in White).

1836 Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch-British painter, husband of Laura Epps, born in Dronryp, the Netherlands.

1668 Jean Gilles, French composer. Messe des morts

MISCELLANEOUS:

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