THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“All that would be required to prevent the disease [cholera] would be such a close attention to cleanliness in cooking and eating, and to drainage and water supply, as is desirable at all times.”

— John Snow

BIRTHDAYS:

1813 John Snow, English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology and early germ theory, in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in London’s Soho, which he identified as a particular public water pump.

1733 Johan Zoffany, German painter (patronized by David Garrick and the British Royal family).

MISCELLANEOUS:

THIS COLLISION CERTAINLY HAD A HIGH IMPACT ON ANYONE NEARBY. Arizona’s Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later

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