THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”

— Anthony Burgess

BIRTHDAYS:

1555 Alonso Lobo, Spanish composer (Versa est in luctum), baptized in Osuna, Habsburg Spain. Versa est in luctum

1727 Armand-Louis Couperin, French composer, harpsichordist, and organist. Allemande in G Major, Pièces de clavecin

1841 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.

1873 Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor, who sang to great acclaim at the major opera houses of Europe and the Americas, appearing in a wide variety of roles that ranged from the lyric to the dramatic. Vesti la giubba

1917 Anthony Burgess, English novelist, composer, critic, essayist, playwright, translator, linguist, and educator whose multifaceted career spanned literature, music, and journalism.

MISCELLANEOUS:

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