THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.”

— Michael Faraday

BIRTHDAYS:

1599 Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England), born in Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands.

1700 Giuseppe Sellitto, Italian opera composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples. PRESTO, dal Concerto per Traversiere in sol magg

1728 Anton Raphael Mengs, German Bohemian painter and one of the precursors to Neoclassical painting, born in Ústí nad Labem, Bohemia.

1814 Thomas Crawford, American sculptor.

MISCELLANEOUS:

THE IMPOSSIBLE MADE POSSIBLE. Tesla Terafab and Petawatts on the Moon

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