THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

— C.S. Lewis

BIRTHDAYS:

1661 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet

1681 Anne Danican Philidor, French composer. Le Badin (Deuxieme Livre de Pieces), and Le Tombeau (Deuxieme Livre de Pieces)

1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer. “Fanfares avec une suitte de Simphonies” 1. Rondeau

1715 John Alcock, English composer and organist. Fuga in C

1908 Masaru Ibuka, Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony, along with Akio Morita.

MISCELLANEOUS:

FIVE TONS. SpaceX launches huge ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo ship carrying over 5 tons of supplies to ISS astronauts (video)