THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Less than seventy-five years after it officially began, the contest between capitalism and socialism is over: capitalism has won.”

— Robert Heilbroner

BIRTHDAYS:

1681 Georg Philipp Telemann, German late Baroque composer, and multi-instrumentalist, born in Magdeburg, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Holy Roman Empire. Sonata in D major, TWV 44:1, and Quatuor en Suite, TWV 43:a2 (17:20), Concerto in D major for Violin, Cello, Trumpet and Strings, TWV 53:D5 (14:40).

1693 John Harrison, English carpenter and self-taught horologist renowned for inventing the marine chronometer, a precision timekeeper that enabled accurate determination of longitude at sea and revolutionized maritime navigation.

1733 Joseph Priestley, English chemist, philosopher, theologian, and educator whose experimental work isolated oxygen and other gases, advancing pneumatic chemistry.

1782 Orest Kiprensky, leading Russian portrait painter in the Age of Romanticism, born in Nezhnovo, Russian Empire.

1820 Edmond Becquerel, French physicist renowned for his pioneering work in optics, electrochemistry, and photophysics.[1] At the age of 19, he discovered the photovoltaic effect while experimenting with an electrolytic cell in his father’s laboratory, laying the foundational principle for modern solar cells.

1874 Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born American illusionist and escape artist known for his sensational and death-defying escapes from handcuffs, straitjackets, locked boxes, and underwater containers, which made him one of the most famous entertainers of the early 20th century.

1919 Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian of economic thought.

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: