THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

— attributed to Albert Einstein

BIRTHDAYS:

1692 Pieter Musschenbroek, Dutch mathematician and physician (Leyden jar).

1804 Johann Strauss the Elder, Austrian composer and conductor known for his pioneering contributions to the development of the Viennese waltz and for composing the enduringly popular Radetzky March. Radetzky March

1815 Josephine Lang, German composer. Four Songs, and Songs

1879 Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

A TOTALITARIAN STATE EVEN OLDER THAN IRAN. The Coming Revolution Down South

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