THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.”

— Galileo

BIRTHDAYS:

1564 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, and polymath widely regarded as the father of modern observational astronomy, modern physics, and the scientific method.

1809 Cyrus McCormick, American inventor and businessman who founded the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, which became part of the International Harvester Company in 1902.

1812 Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman and jeweler who founded New York City’s Tiffany & Co. in 1837.

1820 Susan B. Anthony, American social reformer and women’s rights activist who played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.

1826 George Johnstone Stoney, Irish physicist (introduced term electron).

1861 Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician, logician, and philosopher renowned for his foundational contributions to mathematical logic and his later development of a comprehensive process-oriented metaphysics.

1923 Yelena Bonner, Soviet dissident and human rights activist who played a pivotal role in monitoring and publicizing violations of the 1975 Helsinki Accords within the USSR, co-founding the Moscow Helsinki Group in 1976 and enduring internal exile alongside her husband, physicist Andrei Sakharov.

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