THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”

— Thomas Jefferson

BIRTHDAYS:

1629 Christiaan Huygens, prominent Dutch natural philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and inventor whose groundbreaking work advanced the fields of optics, mechanics, and celestial observation during the Scientific Revolution.

1638 Diogo Dias Melgás, Portuguese composer of sacred polyphonic music. Pia et dolorosa, and Salve Regina

1870 Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter.

1889 Arnold J. Toynbee, British historian and philosopher of history known for his monumental twelve-volume work A Study of History (1934–1961), which proposes a theory of civilization based on the principle of challenge and response.

MISCELLANEOUS:

TALLY HO! All Gas No Brakes for Space Economy