THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Libraries raised me.”

— Ray Bradbury

BIRTHDAYS:

1620 Johann Weichmann, German organist, and sacred and secular music composer (Sorgen-Lägerin), born in Wolgast, Pomerania. Rede eines verstorbenen Jünglings aus dem Grabe.

1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor.

1674 Reinhard Keiser, German opera conductor and composer, chiefly of operas and oratorios (Almira; Lukas-Passion), born in Teuchern, Electorate of Saxony. Ouvertüre aus “Der lächerliche Prinz Jodelet”

1859 Carrie Chapman Catt, one of the most influential leaders in the American women’s suffrage movement.

1875 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art patron

1931 Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American sci-fi author (Man of Earth), born in Kaliningrad, Russia.

MISCELLANEOUS:

MICHAEL CRICHTON, PLEASE CALL YOUR OFFICE. ISS astronaut evacuation shouldn’t interfere with upcoming Artemis 2 moon mission, NASA chief says

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