THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“A child is not a Christian child, not a Muslim child, but a child of Christian parents or a child of Muslim parents. This latter nomenclature, by the way, would be an excellent piece of consciousness-raising for the children themselves. A child who is told she is a ‘child of Muslim parents’ will immediately realize that religion is something for her to choose -or reject- when she becomes old enough to do so.”

— Richard Dawkins

BIRTHDAYS:

1748 Georg Michael Telemann, German composer, and educator, born in Plön, Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön, Denmark. Chorale prelude on Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr

1881 Nikolai Myaskovsky, Russian composer, born in Modlin Fortress, Poland. Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra

1902 Veselin Stoyanov, Bulgarian composer and pedagogue. Festive ouverture

1904 George Stibitz, American mathematician and scientist (father of the modern digital computer).

1928 Gerald S. Hawkins, English-American astronomer (archaeoastronomy).

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. Night sky, April 2026: What you can see tonight [maps]