THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”

— Nicolaus Copernicus

BIRTHDAYS:

1473 Nicolaus Copernicus, Renaissance astronomer, mathematician, and polymath best known for proposing the heliocentric model of the solar system — the revolutionary idea that the Sun, rather than Earth, lies at the center, with planets (including Earth) orbiting around it.

1671 Charles-Hubert Gervais, French baroque composer. Hypermnestre Venez, and Grands motets pour Louis XV

1743 (Ridolfo) Luigi Boccherini, Italian cellist and composer. Cellokonzert, Minuet

1917 Carson McCullers, American novelist (The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter).

MISCELLANEOUS:

FLASHBACK TO “2001: A SPACE ODDESEY”. Making Clavius Moon Base for Real

BEFORE THE NEXT LOCK DOWN (INCLUDING VIOLATING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES SHOULD BE OBLIGATED TO READ THE FOLLOWING: